Kenneth B Hallman

US Patent:

7738886, Jun 15, 2010

Filed:

Sep 9, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/926187

Inventors:

David A. Connolly - Arlington Heights IL, US
Lewis Holt - Barrington IL, US
Morris W. Westerhold - Naperville IL, US
Samuel N. Zellner - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Ronald L. Czaplewski - Glendale Heights IL, US
Gary J. Bannack - Glendale Heights IL, US
Kenneth B. Hallman - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

SBC Properties, L.P. - Reno NV

International Classification:

H04Q 7/22

US Classification:

455461, 455435, 455411

Abstract:

A wireless digital personal communications system (or PCS) having a plurality of radio cell base stations, fixed terminals, and portable handset terminals, each having a predetermined radio cell coverage area. The wireless PCS has a full digital network interface. The personal communications system facilitates the interconnection and switching of PCS call traffic through the digital network interface and the public switched telephone network, or any switched network. The personal communications system has voice/data/image (or any combination thereof) and incoming and outgoing calling capability. The PCS is fully operational and compatible with any and all modulation approaches selected for wireless communications. The intercell protocol hand-off being provided through distributed logic which is implemented in software that is resident in the intelligent portable handset terminals, in the intelligent fixed terminals, in the intelligent base stations, and in the public switched telephone network (or any switched network). Alternative embodiments of the present invention include a wireless digital personal communications system having authentication means for authenticating a remote device; a wireless digital personal communications system having a combination of authentication means for authenticating a remote device and security means for securing signal and message content between an intelligent base station and a remote device, the security means including a predetermined encryption and decryption technique; a wireless digital personal communications system having dynamic zone grouping of portable handset terminals or fixed terminals; and a wireless digital personal communications system having call forwarding for unanswered calls.

US Patent:

20100303232, Dec 2, 2010

Filed:

Jun 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/814158

Inventors:

David A. Connolly - Arlington Heights IL, US
Lewis Holt - Barrington IL, US
Morris W. Westerhold - Naperville IL, US
Samuel N. Zellner - Hoffman Estates IL, US
Ronald L. Czaplewski - Glendale Heights IL, US
Gary J. Bannack - Glendale Heights IL, US
Kenneth B. Hallman - Arlington Heights IL, US

International Classification:

H04K 1/00
H04W 8/02

US Classification:

380247, 4554351

Abstract:

A wireless digital personal communications system (or PCS) having a plurality of radio cell base stations, fixed terminals, and portable handset terminals, each having a predetermined radio cell coverage area. The wireless PCS has a full digital network interface. The personal communications system facilitates the interconnection and switching of PCS call traffic through the digital network interface and the public switched telephone network, or any switched network. The personal communications system has voice/data/image (or any combination thereof) and incoming and outgoing calling capability. The PCS is fully operational and compatible with any and all modulation approaches selected for wireless communications. The intercell protocol hand-off being provided through distributed logic which is implemented in software that is resident in the intelligent portable handset terminals, in the intelligent fixed terminals, in the intelligent base stations, and in the public switched telephone network (or any switched network). Alternative embodiments of the present invention include a wireless digital personal communications system having authentication means for authenticating a remote device; a wireless digital personal communications system having a combination of authentication means for authenticating a remote device and security means for securing signal and message content between an intelligent base station and a remote device, the security means including a predetermined encryption and decryption technique; a wireless digital personal communications system having dynamic zone grouping of portable handset terminals or fixed terminals; and a wireless digital personal communications system having call forwarding for unanswered calls.

US Patent:

56573758, Aug 12, 1997

Filed:

Nov 15, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/339913

Inventors:

David A. Connolly - Arlington Heights IL
Lewis Holt - Barrington IL
Morris W. Westerhold - Naperville IL
Samuel N. Zellner - Hoffman Estates IL
Frank A. Ciannella - South Holland IL
Ronald L. Czaplewski - Glendale Heights IL
Gary J. Bannack - Glendale Heights IL
Kenneth B. Hallman - Arlington Heights IL

Assignee:

Ameritech Corporation - Hoffman Estates IL

International Classification:

H04Q 720

US Classification:

455436

Abstract:

A wireless digital personal communications system (or PCS) having a plurality of intelligent base stations and portable handset terminals, each having a predetermined radio cell coverage area. The radio cell, radio-telephone PCS has a full digital network interface. The personal communications system facilitates direct interconnection and switching of PCS call traffic through the digital network interface and the public switched telephone network, or any switched network. The personal communications system has voice/data/image (or any combination thereof), and incoming and outgoing calling capability. The PCS is fully operational and compatible with any modulation approach selected. The intercell protocol hand-off being provided through distributed logic which is implemented in software that is resident in the intelligent portable handset terminals, in the intelligent base stations, and in the public switched telephone network (or any switched network).

US Patent:

53254198, Jun 28, 1994

Filed:

Jan 4, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/000363

Inventors:

David A. Connolly - Arlington Heights IL
Lewis Holt - Barrington IL
Morris W. Westerhold - Naperville IL
Samuel N. Zellner - Hoffman Estates IL
Frank A. Ciannella - South Holland IL
Ronald L. Czaplewski - Glendale Heights IL
Gary J. Bannack - Glendale Heights IL
Kenneth B. Hallman - Arlington Heights IL

Assignee:

Ameritech Corporation - Hoffman Estates IL

International Classification:

H04M 1100
H01J 918

US Classification:

379 60

Abstract:

A wireless digital personal communications system (or PCS) having a plurality of intelligent base stations and portable handset terminals, each having a predetermined radio cell coverage area. The radio cell, radio-telephone PCS has a full ISDN interface. The personal communications system facilitates direct interconnection and switching of PCS call traffic through the ISDN interface and the public switched telephone network, or any switched network. The personal communications system has voice/data/image (or any combination thereof), and incoming and outgoing calling capability. The PCS is fully operational and compatible with any modulation approach selected The intercell protocol hand-off being provided through distributed logic which is implemented in software that is resident in the intelligent portable handset terminals, in the intelligent base stations, and in the public switched telephone network (or any switched network). Alternative embodiments of the present invention include a wireless digital personal communications system having authentication means for authenticating a remote device; a wireless digital personal communications system having a combination of authentication means for authenticating a remote device and security means for securing signal and message content between an intelligent base station and a remote device, the security means including a predetermined encryption and decryption technique; a wireless digital personal communications system having dynamic zone grouping of portable handset terminals; and a wireless digital personal communications system having call forwarding for unanswered calls.

US Patent:

58872612, Mar 23, 1999

Filed:

Sep 6, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/301150

Inventors:

John Csapo - Glenview IL
Brian Cheng-Jean Chen - Naperville IL
Kenneth Blake Hallman - Arlington Heights IL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04Q 0722

US Classification:

455450

Abstract:

A digital cellular radio communication system having a remote repeater is provided. The communication system includes a central communication site which: transmits and receives signals in a first radio channel assigned according to a cellular communication system channel reuse plan, transmits signals to and receives signals from a cellular communication network unit, and digitally processes received signals for subsequent transmission in the first radio channel or to the cellular communication network unit. The communication system further includes a remote communication site, substantially remotely located from the central communication site, which: receives a signal in either the first radio channel or a second radio channel assigned according to the cellular communication system channel reuse plan, channel shifts the received signal between the first and the second radio channels, and transmits the shifted signal in the other of the first and the second radio channels.