Patents by Inventor Vance E. Poteat

Vance E. Poteat has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Digital communication station signaling control
    Patent number: 4512016
    Abstract: There is disclosed a processor controlled digital communication device which accepts message commands from a communication system as part of a communication protocol. These command messages are stripped from the protocol and combined within the communication device to control signaling thereat. Multi-bit time separated information (I) fields are used together with a single bit signaling (S) field. The S field bits are compiled over several frames to become the command messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: AT&T Information Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Emanuel J. Fulcomer, Jr., Richard J. Nici, Vance E. Poteat, George W. Schramm, John B. Sharp, Michael M. Winseck, Jr.