Patents by Inventor Vernon Lyle Diehl

Vernon Lyle Diehl 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).

  • Method and apparatus for duplicate message processing in a selective call device
    Patent number: 6067444
    Abstract: A method (100) for enhanced duplicate message processing at a portable subscriber unit (122) comprises the steps of receiving a first message having a first set of message data and a message sequence number associated with the first message. Then portable subscriber unit receives (402) a subsequent message having the same message sequence number (406) and a subsequent set of message data and creates error indications corresponding to errors detected in the portions of the subsequent set of message data. Then the portable subscriber unit compares (412) the first set of message data and its corresponding error indications with the subsequent set of message data and its corresponding error indications. The subsequent message is then tagged (420) if the subsequent message has less error indications (414) than the first message and if the first message was deleted by the user (418) and if the first message contained an error (426).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Lewis Cannon, Vernon Lyle Diehl, Ardsley Pihl Congdon, Jr.