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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:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C. Y. Lee, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cellco Partnership, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ; H04B 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ; H04B 1/10 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling communications between a mobile cellular telephone and a cell of a cellular telephone network. The apparatus comprises a serving transceiver for transmitting and receiving communications between the cell and the mobile cellular telephone, a scanner, coupled to an antenna, for selectably scanning the communication channels to measure a characteristic of the signal transmitted from the mobile telephone, and a controller, coupled to the scanner and the serving transceiver, for commanding the antenna based on the measured signal characteristic.