Gerald L Johnson

US Patent:

60818158, Jun 27, 2000

Filed:

Oct 6, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/944278

Inventors:

Kim Loring Spitznagel - Lantana FL
Gerald Herbert Johnson - Boynton Beach FL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G06F 314

US Classification:

707501

Abstract:

A method processes a hyperlink formatted message to make it compatible with an alphanumeric messaging device (118) that lacks hyperlink decoding capability. The hyperlink formatted message includes at least one hyperlink having tags, a hyperlink identifier, and a resource locator. The method, which is used in a messaging controller of a messaging system (100) that communicates with a plurality of alphanumeric messaging devices, replaces (210) all occurrences of a first character within the hyperlink formatted message with a second displayable character, marks (220) each hyperlink identifier within the hyperlink formatted message using the first displayable character, removes (225) the tags and resource locator of each of the at least one hyperlink, and stores (227) the resource locator of each of the at least one hyperlink in association with the hyperlink identifier.

US Patent:

48827290, Nov 21, 1989

Filed:

Aug 7, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/225423

Inventors:

Gary S. Lobel - Boynton Beach FL
Steven J. Goldberg - Coral Springs FL
Gerald H. Johnson - Boynton Beach FL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04J 302

US Classification:

370 851

Abstract:

A paging controller for a paging communication system exchanges information by a global multiplexed bus arrangement. The bus arrangement permits voice, data and control information to be exchanged between a common memory and a plurality of I/O modules in a common communication bus. The timing signals of the bus arrangement including the I/O modules are synchronized to expeditiously exchange information among the modules. In operation, each module has a preassigned address representative of a sequence number in a predetermined succession order to permit each module to access the bus.