Patents by Inventor Wesley B. Neibaur

Wesley B. Neibaur 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).

  • Patent number: 10796213
    Abstract: A radio tag comprising a first radio and a second radio and a method for providing a communications service are disclosed. For example, the method comprises entering, by a processor of the radio tag, an active state of the radio tag and activating the second radio when a wake-up signal is received, where the second radio draws power from a power source, transmitting, by the processor of the radio tag, data to a device or receiving the data from the device when the radio tag is in the active state, and deactivating, by the processor of the radio tag, the second radio and entering an idle state when the wake-up signal is no longer being received, where only the first radio draws power from the power source for listening for the wake-up signal in the idle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Schleef, Craig Lee, William Francis Bradee, Matthew Cook, David Gordon Marten, Rick McConney, Steve Martin, Wesley B. Neibaur
  • Publication number: 20190340479
    Abstract: A radio tag comprising a first radio and a second radio and a method for providing a communications service are disclosed. For example, the method comprises entering, by a processor of the radio tag, an active state of the radio tag and activating the second radio when a wake-up signal is received, where the second radio draws power from a power source, transmitting, by the processor of the radio tag, data to a device or receiving the data from the device when the radio tag is in the active state, and deactivating, by the processor of the radio tag, the second radio and entering an idle state when the wake-up signal is no longer being received, where only the first radio draws power from the power source for listening for the wake-up signal in the idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Schleef, Craig Lee, William Francis Bradee, Matthew Cook, David Gordon Marten, Rick McConney, Steve Martin, Wesley B. Neibaur
  • Patent number: 10360486
    Abstract: A radio tag comprising a first radio and a second radio and a method for providing a communications service are disclosed. For example, the method comprises entering, by a processor of the radio tag, an active state of the radio tag and activating the second radio when a wake-up signal is received, where the second radio draws power from a power source, transmitting, by the processor of the radio tag, data to a device or receiving the data from the device when the radio tag is in the active state, and deactivating, by the processor of the radio tag, the second radio and entering an idle state when the wake-up signal is no longer being received, where only the first radio draws power from the power source for listening for the wake-up signal in the idle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Schleef, Craig Lee, William Francis Bradee, Matthew Cook, David Gordon Marten, Rick McConney, Steve Martin, Wesley B. Neibaur
  • Publication number: 20190034774
    Abstract: A radio tag comprising a first radio and a second radio and a method for providing a communications service are disclosed. For example, the method comprises entering, by a processor of the radio tag, an active state of the radio tag and activating the second radio when a wake-up signal is received, where the second radio draws power from a power source, transmitting, by the processor of the radio tag, data to a device or receiving the data from the device when the radio tag is in the active state, and deactivating, by the processor of the radio tag, the second radio and entering an idle state when the wake-up signal is no longer being received, where only the first radio draws power from the power source for listening for the wake-up signal in the idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Schleef, Craig Lee, William Francis Bradee, Matthew Cook, David Gordon Marten, Rick McConney, Steve Martin, Wesley B. Neibaur
  • Patent number: 10089567
    Abstract: A radio tag comprising a first radio and a second radio and a method for providing a communications service are disclosed. For example, the method comprises entering, by a processor of the radio tag, an active state of the radio tag and activating the second radio when a wake-up signal is received, where the second radio draws power from a power source, transmitting, by the processor of the radio tag, data to a device or receiving the data from the device when the radio tag is in the active state, and deactivating, by the processor of the radio tag, the second radio and entering an idle state when the wake-up signal is no longer being received, where only the first radio draws power from the power source for listening for the wake-up signal in the idle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Schleef, Craig Lee, William Francis Bradee, Matthew J. Cook, David Gordon Marten, Rick McConney, Steve Martin, Wesley B. Neibaur
  • Publication number: 20180174009
    Abstract: A radio tag comprising a first radio and a second radio and a method for providing a communications service are disclosed. For example, the method comprises entering, by a processor of the radio tag, an active state of the radio tag and activating the second radio when a wake-up signal is received, where the second radio draws power from a power source, transmitting, by the processor of the radio tag, data to a device or receiving the data from the device when the radio tag is in the active state, and deactivating, by the processor of the radio tag, the second radio and entering an idle state when the wake-up signal is no longer being received, where only the first radio draws power from the power source for listening for the wake-up signal in the idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: THOMAS SCHLEEF, Craig Lee, William Francis Bradee, Matthew J. Cook, David Gordon Marten, Rick McConney, Steve Martin, Wesley B. Neibaur
  • Patent number: 5721787
    Abstract: A radio (100) includes an improved speaker porting apparatus which minimizes the occurrence of water intrusion. A keypad membrane (106) has an opening (126) through its front and back surfaces and includes tunneled speaker porting (134) formed within the back surface (122) to direct audio into the opening (126). A circuit board (108) fits onto the back surface (122) of the keypad membrane (106), the circuit board (108) includes speaker porting holes (128) divided into first and second halves (130, 132). The first half of the speaker porting holes (130) align with the opening (126) of the keypad membrane (106) while the second half of the speaker porting holes (132) align with the tunneled speaker porting (134) of the keypad membrane (106). A speaker cone (138) covers the first and second halves of the speaker porting holes (130, 132).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley B. Neibaur, Steven J. Finch
  • Patent number: D427984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: NEC America, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik E. Anderson, Troy V. Frandsen, Raymond D. Heistand, II, Errol M. Tazbaz, Ida A. Gutierrez, Wesley B. Neibaur, Lyle J. Hedlund, Etsuro Kawasako