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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dale E Beasley, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Assignee:
HighwayMaster Communications, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455432 ; 455427 ;
Abstract
A communication system includes a mobile unit that communicates with a platform using a cellular telephone network or a data communication network. The mobile unit informs the platform when it is out of coverage or out of service to reduce or eliminate unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the mobile unit. The communication system also supports the transmission of data using the data communication network.