Thomas V Klein

US Patent:

61785237, Jan 23, 2001

Filed:

Jun 12, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/096696

Inventors:

Thomas Klein - Union City CA

Assignee:

Philips Consumer Communications LP - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 1100

US Classification:

714 24

Abstract:

A battery-operable portable electronic device, having a removable main power source and an auxiliary power source, generates a power failure interrupt signal when it detects a power failure of the removable main power source. Upon detection of the power failure, the electronic device enters a power down mode in which it monitors recovery from the power failure. The electronic device monitors recovery from the power failure by using a battery check routine it pushes on the stack of a microcontroller, and pops off the battery check routine from the stack upon determining a stable recovery, while returning to an exact point in a main program it left when it detected the power failure, the exact point in the main program being represented by a program counter value automatically pushed on the stack upon occurance of the power failure interrupt signal.

US Patent:

57900450, Aug 4, 1998

Filed:

Oct 9, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/728115

Inventors:

James Allen Hymel - Lake Worth FL
Thomas L. Klein - West Palm Beach FL
Christian D. Herrick - Duluth GA

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G06F 900

US Classification:

34082544

Abstract:

A messaging device (100) for generating alerts indicative of message reception includes a receiver (105) for receiving a message, a memory (125, 130, 140) in which information unrelated to the alerts is stored, and an alert device (155) for generating, to announce message reception, an alert that is a function of bits of the information.

US Patent:

59107782, Jun 8, 1999

Filed:

Aug 28, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/999617

Inventors:

Thomas L. Klein - West Palm Beach FL
Gary J. Morse - Boca Raton FL
Robert N. Nelms - Boynton Beach FL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04Q 714

US Classification:

34082544

Abstract:

A technique is for receiving variable length messages in a selective call receiver (68) having a processor (110) coupled to a memory element (86). The selective call receiver (68) is configured to receive a signal transmitted in a standard protocol format comprising an address portion (14) and a message portion (16). First, second, third, and fourth configuration values are stored within the selective call receiver (68) from which determinations are made, respectively, whether the selective call receiver (68) is permitted to process sub-address information (22, 24) included within the message portion, whether said selective call receiver (68) is permitted to receive a particular sub-address included in the message portion, whether said selective call receive (68) is permitted to process a processor command (26) included in the message portion, and whether said selective call receiver (68) is permitted to receive and process a particular processor command included in the message portion.

US Patent:

58642994, Jan 26, 1999

Filed:

Nov 4, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/743582

Inventors:

Robert N. Nelms - Boynton Beach FL
Thomas L. Klein - West Palm Beach FL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04Q 700

US Classification:

34082544

Abstract:

A messaging system, having a transmitter (202) for transmitting information service messages to selective call units (SCU's) (122), receives displayable information from a service provider, and creates a message having an address field (504) and data field (508). The address field (504) includes an address assigned to at least one SCU (122), and the data field (508) includes the displayable information. A portion of the displayable information is defined as at least one subaddress field (510, 514). The at least one subaddress field (510, 514) is used by the at least one SCU (122), when receiving the message from the messaging system, for determining whether a portion of the displayable information is to be processed.