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Robert L Breeden

Richard E Bessom

Thomas V D'Amico

Prabhakar Muppidi

Jheroen Pieter Dorenbosch

Slim S Souissi

Thomas Casey Hill

Gary S Lobel

Craig S Wallace

Steven Jeffrey Goldberg

John Douglas Reed

Robert J Schwendeman

David L Brown

Kazimierz Siwiak

Dwight Randall Smith

Steven C Shapiro

Niranjan Nath Segal

Thomas A Sexton

David R Heeschen

Carl B Olson

Thomas F Holmes

William V Braun

Noah P Orlen

Richard E Johnson

Amy R Kabcenell

Seth Murph Capers, Jr

Mark S Stuglik

Victor Jensen

John I Stahl

Douglas E Griffin

William Gorden

John H Kinney, Jr

Prabbakar Muppidi

Frank E Lambrcht

Thomas Edward Scott, Jr

A method and apparatus defines ( ) a time period Ps following a completion of a demand for one of heating and cooling, the time period sufficient to allow a sensed room temperature Tr measured ( ) by a thermostat ( ) to stabilize after the completion of the demand; and records ( ) an evaluation temperature Te equal to the sensed room temperature measured at an end of the time period. The method and apparatus determines ( ), at a future time after recording the evaluation temperature, whether to allow an automatic changeover between heating and cooling modes, based upon a comparison of the evaluation temperature and the sensed room temperature measured at the future time.

Method and apparatus for operating a thermostat to provide an automatic changeover

A wireless communication system conducts (,) communications between a fixed portion (,) of the wireless communication system and a portable subscriber unit (,) carried by a user; and records (,) a relevant aspect of the communications, thereby producing recorded information. The system determines (,) a current time of day and a current position of the user and makes (,) a comparison of the recorded information with the current time of day and the current position of the user to determine whether an alert is necessary, and generates (,) the alert when the comparison determines the alert is necessary.

Method and apparatus in a wireless communication system for creating a learning function

A subscriber unit (,) in a wireless messaging system records (,) a message sequence number corresponding to a message received, and an indication of whether the subscriber unit acknowledged the message. Upon registration with a two-way portion (,) of the wireless messaging system, the subscriber unit reports (,), to the two-way portion, information of a type selected from (a) missing message sequence numbers, and (b) message sequence numbers corresponding to messages received and not acknowledged, the type selected (,) being that which generates a smaller amount of inbound traffic.

Method and apparatus for facilitating a retransmission of missed messages in a wireless messaging system

A location is determined (402) at which a subscriber unit (122, 300) communicating with a first wireless system is positioned. A distance between the location and a second wireless system preferred by the subscriber unit is calculated (404), and, based upon the distance, it is decided (408) whether the subscriber unit will scan for a signal from the second wireless system.

Method and apparatus for controlling scanning of a subscriber unit

A subscriber unit (100) of a messaging system initiates (226) a reminder alarm action. The user generates (210) an intended message to be sent as an inbound message with a user interface (114). The processing system (106) of the subscriber unit (100) evaluates (214) a characteristic of the intended message, and initiates (226) the reminder alarm action in response to the evaluating (214) step. The processing system (106) and the coupled transmitter transmit (228, 242) the inbound message.

Apparatus and method for initiating a reminder alarm action in a

A method and apparatus in a radio messaging system monitors (304, 404), by a plurality of base receivers (207), an inbound channel for an inbound transmission from a portable subscriber unit (122), and determines (306, 406) a subset of the plurality of base receivers that reliably receive the inbound transmission. The method and apparatus then selects (310, 408) a frequency reuse plan for the radio messaging system, based upon the subset.

Method and apparatus for dynamically selecting a frequency reuse plan

A fixed portion (102) of a radio messaging system schedules (602) an inbound message to be transmitted at a first scheduled time on a channel from a portable subscriber unit (122). The channel is monitored (604) at the first scheduled time to receive the inbound message, utilizing a beamforming technique. In response to failing to achieve adequate reception of the inbound message at the first scheduled time, the fixed portion reschedules (608) the inbound message to be transmitted at a second scheduled time, and remonitors (610) the channel at the second scheduled time to receive the inbound message, utilizing an omnidirectional technique.

Method and apparatus for adjusting inbound transmission reliability in a

A radio communication system (100) synchronizes multiple data streams associated with a network of transmitters (102) while maintaining full user traffic. The transmitters transmit (901) a first portion of the user traffic in a simulcast mode during a first time interval, (104) and transmit (903) a second portion of the user traffic in a non-simulcast mode during a second time interval. A monitor receiver (104) is coupled to the transmitters by radio signals for monitoring (905) the second portion of the user traffic transmitted from selected transmitters to determine transmission delays. A controller (108) is coupled to the monitor receiver for adjusting (907) the data streams to equalize the transmission delays (303).

Method and apparatus in a radio communication system for synchronizing

A personal communication system (10) comprises transceiver stations (12, 14, 16, 18) providing communication capability between one or more portable radiotelephones (20, 22, 24) and a telephone network (30). One or more of the transceiver stations (12, 14, 16, 18) is further capable of storing a data base and of transmitting the same in response to a request for such transmission being received from a portable radiotelephone (20, 22, or 24) communicating therewith. The portable radiotelephone (20, 22, or 24) communicating therewith is capable thereafter of receiving the data base and of presenting at least a portion of the same to the radiotelephone subscriber.

Personal communication system providing supplemental information mode

In a radio telephone (100, 200) having a keypad (206) for receiving first information (302), a memory (112) for storing second information (313), and an intelligent editing function. There is provided a method of transmitting information representing a phone number using the intelligent editing function that selects a prefix mode when a phone number has been automatically entered and selects an appending edit mode when the information representing a phone number has been manually entered. The information is then edited to form a complete phone number (315), and transmitted (102, 104, 105, 106).

Dialing prefix method and apparatus

A method and apparatus in a data communication receiver (100) for diversity reception of a radio signal including a predictably repetitive, predetermined data bit pattern (304) comprises a processor (114) controlling (600) an antenna switch (106) to select between a first antenna feed (102) and a second antenna feed (104) as a momentary source of the radio signal during transmissions of the predetermined data bit pattern (304). The radio signal received from the momentary source is monitored by a data receiver (110) during the transmission of the predetermined bit pattern (304) to derive the data therefrom, and at least one bit error count is determined (604, 610) by the processor (114). After completion of the predetermined bit pattern (304), an antenna feed (102, 104) for the radio signal is selected (616, 620) in response to the at least one bit error count.

Method and apparatus for switched diversity reception of a radio signal

A method and apparatus update page transmission verification statistics maintained by a network management center (140) in a radio paging system (100) in which encoding of a page is performed by a paging base station lo (132) remote from a central paging controller (101). Verification information is selectively stored (510, 514) in the paging base station (132) when a page is transmitted (512) in response to paging data sent from the central paging controller (101). The verification information includes an identifier (408) associated with the page and a time report (409) for reporting time of transmission of the page. The stored verification information is transmitted (608) periodically from the paging base station (132) to the network management center (140), and then combined (818) in the network management center (140) with current page transmission verification statistics (212) maintained by the network management center (140), thereby updating the page transmission verification statistics (212).

Method and apparatus in a radio paging system for updating paging

A method and apparatus completes inbound calls for portable communication units (120) in a wireless communication system comprising portable communication units (120) and fixed communication units (102). The fixed communication unit (102) provides wireless communications over a limited coverage area (108, 110, 112) and provides coupling to a telephone system (114). The fixed communication unit (102) has at least one wireless transmission channel carrying call set-up signaling in a first mode and user communications in a second mode. The method includes in the fixed communication unit (102) the step of generating (708) more than one sequence of periodic call set-up polls on a wireless transmission channel for polling a portable communication unit (120) having an inbound call. The sequence coexists with other sequences of periodic call set-up polls being generated concurrently on the same wireless transmission channel.

Method and apparatus for completing inbound calls in a wireless

A method and apparatus for completing an inbound call from a telephone system to a portable communication unit (104) operating in a communication system comprising a base station (102) coupled to the telephone system (106, 124). The telephone system (106, 124) can complete the inbound call by different procedures requiring differing responses. The portable (104) receives (502) a selective call message (400) comprising a Call-Type Identifier (402) and a Call-Completion Number (412, 414, 416), and then transmits (520, 522, 524) to the base (102) the Call-Completion Number (412, 414, 416) and a Call-Type Code corresponding to the received Call-Type Identifier (402). The base (102) originates (606, 624) a call to the telephone system (106, 124) in accordance with the Call-Completion Number (412, 414, 416) and the Call-Type Code, and then completes the inbound call according to the Call-Type Code.

Method and apparatus in a communication system for completing an inbound

A radio telephone communication system (200) having a base station (203) including at least one frequency agile time division duplex transceiver (207) for facilitating communication with at lest one radio telephone (100) on the at least one radio frequency channel. The radio telephone (100) scans a plurality of channels capable of being generated by the at least one frequency agile transceiver (207) to find an available channel and provide an indication representing a base station busy status when all the at least one frequency agile transceivers are in use. A base station busy status is indicated when one of a bidirectional time division duplex communication including a base station identification signal is being communicated by the at least one frequency agile transceiver or a unidirectional time division duplex communication including a base station identification signal is being communicated by the at least one frequency agile transceiver (207).

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Robert L Breeden