Joseph F Tobin

US Patent:

6999921, Feb 14, 2006

Filed:

Dec 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/017811

Inventors:

John M. Harris - Chicago IL, US
Philip J. Fleming - Glen Ellyn IL, US
Joseph Tobin - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

G10L 11/02

US Classification:

704215, 704210

Abstract:

To address the need for reducing audio overhang in wireless communication systems (e. g. , ), the present invention provides for the deletion of silent frames before they are converted to audio by the listening devices. The present invention only provides for the deletion of a portion of the silent frames that make up a period of silence or low voice activity in the speaker's audio. Voice frames that make up periods of silence less than a given length of time are not deleted.

US Patent:

7181222, Feb 20, 2007

Filed:

Dec 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/026379

Inventors:

Dean E. Thorson - Grayslake IL, US
Daniel J. Declerck - Lake Barrington IL, US
Joseph A. Tobin - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20
H04Q 7/38

US Classification:

455442, 455436, 4554221, 455437, 455438, 455440, 4554261, 4554262, 370331, 370332, 370333, 370334

Abstract:

A method and apparatus facilitate soft handover in a CDMA RAN () based on a requested set of soft handover parameters from a plurality of sets of soft handover parameters associated with a corresponding plurality of radio configurations. A mobile station () can request a set of soft handover parameters associated with a radio configuration. Candidate base stations (BTS –BTS N) can be added to an active list based on the soft handover parameters.

US Patent:

7668549, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Jun 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/427025

Inventors:

Jonathan H. Gross - Gilbert AZ, US
Mark T. Pflum - Chandler AZ, US
Dean E. Thorson - Grayslake AZ, US
Joseph A. Tobin - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04W 36/00

US Classification:

455442, 455436, 455438, 455439, 370331

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a method and a system for handling one or more soft handoff (SHO) requests from one or more mobile stations in a wireless communication system. The method comprises determining a set of parameters corresponding to each SHO request corresponding to each mobile station. The method further comprises processing each SHO request corresponding to each mobile station based on the set of parameters corresponding to each SHO request.

US Patent:

8081968, Dec 20, 2011

Filed:

Apr 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/060674

Inventors:

Bryan A. Lauer - Hinckley IL, US
Jerry Stamatopoulos - North Aurora IL, US
Anjum Rashid - Bloomingdale IL, US
Joseph Alan Tobin - Chicago IL, US
Patrick Jay Walsh - Naperville IL, US
Steven J. Arntzen - Dixon IL, US

Assignee:

Gogo LLC - Itasca IL

International Classification:

H04W 4/00
H04B 7/185

US Classification:

455430, 455431, 370316

Abstract:

The Aircraft Air-To-Ground IP Tunnel System provides wireless communication services to passengers located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of the individually identified passenger wireless devices located onboard the aircraft. The Aircraft Air-To-Ground IP Tunnel System assigns a single IP address to each Point-to-Point Protocol link connecting the aircraft network to the ground-based communication network and creates an IP subnet onboard the aircraft. The IP subnet utilizes a plurality of IP addresses for each Point-to-Point link, enabling each passenger wireless device to be uniquely identified with their own IP address. This is enabled since both Point-to-Point Protocol IPCP endpoints have pre-defined IP address pools and/or topology configured, so each Point-to-Point Protocol endpoint can utilize a greater number of IP addresses than one per link. Such an approach does not change IPCP or other EVDO protocols/messaging but allows this address to be directly visible to the ground-based communication network.

US Patent:

8081969, Dec 20, 2011

Filed:

Apr 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/060662

Inventors:

Bryan A. Lauer - Hinckley IL, US
Jerry Stamatopoulos - North Aurora IL, US
Anjum Rashid - Bloomingdale IL, US
Joseph Alan Tobin - Chicago IL, US
Patrick Jay Walsh - Naperville IL, US
Steven J. Arntzen - Dixon IL, US

Assignee:

Gogo LLC - Itasca IL

International Classification:

H04W 4/00
H04W 24/00

US Classification:

455431, 4554563, 455430

Abstract:

The Aircraft IP Subnet System provides wireless communication services to passengers located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of individually identified wireless devices that are located onboard the aircraft. The Aircraft IP Subnet System assigns a single IP address to each Point-to-Point Protocol link connecting the aircraft network to the ground-based communication network and creates an IP subnet onboard the aircraft. The IP subnet utilizes a plurality of IP addresses for each Point-to-Point link, thereby to enable each passenger wireless device to be uniquely identified with their own IP address. This is enabled since both Point-to-Point Protocol IPCP endpoints have pre-defined IP address pools and/or topology configured, so each Point-to-Point Protocol endpoint can utilize a greater number of IP addresses than one per link. Such an approach does not change IPCP or other EVDO protocols/messaging but allows this address to be directly visible to the ground-based communication network.

US Patent:

8254914, Aug 28, 2012

Filed:

Sep 8, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/227634

Inventors:

Bryan A. Lauer - Hinckley IL, US
Jerry Stamatopoulos - North Aurora IL, US
Anjum Rashid - Bloomingdale IL, US
Joseph Alan Tobin - Chicago IL, US
Patrick J. Walsh - Naperville IL, US
Steven J. Arntzen - Dixon IL, US

Assignee:

Gogo, LLC - Itasca IL

International Classification:

H04W 4/00
H04B 1/034

US Classification:

455431, 455 98

Abstract:

The Aircraft Air-To-Ground IP Tunnel System provides wireless communication services to passengers located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of the individually identified passenger wireless devices located onboard the aircraft. The Aircraft Air-To-Ground IP Tunnel System assigns a single IP address to each Point-to-Point Protocol link connecting the aircraft network to the ground-based communication network and creates an IP subnet onboard the aircraft. The IP subnet utilizes a plurality of IP addresses for each Point-to-Point link, enabling each passenger wireless device to be uniquely identified with their own IP address. This is enabled since both Point-to-Point Protocol IPCP endpoints have pre-defined IP address pools and/or topology configured, so each Point-to-Point Protocol endpoint can utilize a greater number of IP addresses than one per link. Such an approach does not change IPCP or other EVDO protocols/messaging but allows this address to be directly visible to the ground-based communication network.

US Patent:

8442519, May 14, 2013

Filed:

Jun 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/172539

Inventors:

Joseph M. Cruz - Naperville IL, US
Patrick J. Walsh - Naperville IL, US
Joseph Alan Tobin - Chicago IL, US
Tim Joyce - Naperville IL, US
Yong Liu - Schaumberg IL, US
Anand K. Chari - Bartlett IL, US
Ivica Kostanic - Palm Bay FL, US
Harold Grant Saroka - Ashburn VA, US

Assignee:

GoGo LLC - Itasca IL

International Classification:

H04W 4/00

US Classification:

455431, 455464, 455509, 455450, 455451, 4554521

Abstract:

The present Spectrum Sharing System implements spectrum reuse between aircraft-based Air-To-Ground (ATG) communication systems and Geostationary Satellite Service systems. This is accomplished by managing the radio frequency transmissions in the volume of space in which the aircraft operates, with interference between the Spectrum Sharing System and the Geostationary Satellite Service system being reduced by implementing reversed uplink and downlink radio frequency paths in the common spectrum. The Spectrum Sharing System also avoids interfering with Geostationary Satellite Services' earth stations which are pointed towards the satellites' orbital arc by relying upon a combination of the earth stations' highly directive antenna patterns and the Spectrum Sharing System ground station antenna pattern, and to avoid interfering with satellites in their orbital arc by assuring that power levels radiated in that direction by the Spectrum Sharing System ground stations are below the level that would create interference.

US Patent:

20080182573, Jul 31, 2008

Filed:

Apr 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/060645

Inventors:

Bryan A. Lauer - Hinckley IL, US
Jerry Stamatopoulos - North Aurora IL, US
Anjum Rashid - Bloomingdale IL, US
Joseph Alan Tobin - Chicago IL, US
Patrick J. Walsh - Naperville IL, US
Steven J. Arntzen - Dixon IL, US

Assignee:

AirCell LLC - Itasca IL

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

455431

Abstract:

The Aircraft Mobile IP Address System provides wireless communication services to passengers who are located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of the individually identified wireless devices located onboard the aircraft. The System assigns a single IP address to each Point-to-Point Protocol link which connects the aircraft network to the ground-based communication network but also creates an IP subnet onboard the aircraft. The IP subnet utilizes a plurality of IP addresses for each Point-to-Point link thereby to enable each passenger wireless device to be uniquely identified with their own IP address. This is enabled since both Point-to-Point Protocol IPCP endpoints have pre-defined IP address pools and/or topology configured; each Point-to-Point Protocol endpoint can utilize a greater number of IP addresses than one per link. Such an approach does not change IPCP or other EVDO protocols/messaging but does allow this address to be directly visible to the ground-based communication network.