James T O'Connor

US Patent:

7382848, Jun 3, 2008

Filed:

Sep 10, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/952577

Inventors:

James T. O'Connor - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics, Inc. - Carrollton TX

International Classification:

H03D 3/24

US Classification:

375373

Abstract:

A first order phase-locked loop includes a tuning circuit which allows phase lock to be quickly reached, and to be maintained during transient situations such as loss of the data signal. Such an improved circuit has a tuning circuit for the voltage controlled oscillator which utilizes two capacitors. Two signals are used to drive a first, larger, capacitor, and have the same duty cycle when the capacitor voltage is proper and the voltage controlled oscillator is operating at the correct frequency. A second, smaller, capacitor is used to quickly achieve phase lock with the incoming data signal. The use of two oppositional signals to drive the capacitors allows them to more quickly be charged or discharged to the proper voltage level to obtain both frequency and phase lock with the incoming data signal. Thus, the circuit is able to quickly acquire lock during power-up, or reacquire lock under circumstances where the operating condition of the circuit changes suddenly. The circuit always locks to the correct frequency, as opposed to a harmonic thereof.

US Patent:

20040205012, Oct 14, 2004

Filed:

Apr 14, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/412887

Inventors:

James O'Connor - Longwood FL, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/036000

Abstract:

Income is generated income for a charity using a combination of one or more immediate annuities and a life insurance policy. A designated individual serving as the annuitant and insured is selected from participating members of the charity based on the age and insurability of available participating members, so that the annuity payments will be greater than the insurance premiums and any interest on the funds source. A life insurance policy having a face value equal to the amount of the investment funds is purchased. A first immediate annuity is purchased with a portion of the available investment funds, with the payments from the first annuity being sufficient to pay the premiums on the life insurance policy. Life insurance proceeds are used to reimburse the funds source upon the death of the participating member. If investment funds are borrowed, other annuity payments may be used to pay loan interest.

US Patent:

20060280141, Dec 14, 2006

Filed:

Nov 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/285229

Inventors:

Sean McBeath - Keller TX, US
James O'Connor - Dallas TX, US
Danny Pinckley - Arlington TX, US
John Reed - Arlington TX, US
Jack Smith - Valley View TX, US
Joseph Schumacher - Glen Ellyn IL, US

International Classification:

H04Q 7/00

US Classification:

370329000, 370342000

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for sharing a unique identifier among a plurality of receivers. A network controller () can establish at least one unique identifier and at least one corresponding time slot for which the unique identifier is valid for each assigned carrier of a wireless receiver (). The network controller does this by determining at least one unique identifier and at least one corresponding time slot for which the unique identifier is valid for each assigned carrier of the wireless receiver and then sending an indication of the unique identifier(s), time slot(s), and carrier(s) to the wireless receiver. The wireless receiver receives the indication and then monitors at least one channel using the at least one unique identifier during the at least one corresponding time slot indicated.

US Patent:

20070153727, Jul 5, 2007

Filed:

Dec 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/323410

Inventors:

Sean McBeath - Keller TX, US
Mansoor Ahmed - Fort Worth TX, US
Zhijun Cai - Euless TX, US
James O'Connor - Dallas TX, US

International Classification:

H04Q 7/00

US Classification:

370329000

Abstract:

Methods () and corresponding systems () for scheduling uplink resources for communication with a base station () include receiving an uplink resource request () for an uplink channel resource for a subscriber station (). In response to the uplink resource request (), generating an uplink resource grant message () for scheduling a selected uplink channel resource for the subscriber station (); and inserting the uplink resource grant message into a shared traffic packet () for transmission from the base station () on a shared traffic channel ().

US Patent:

20070274288, Nov 29, 2007

Filed:

Mar 1, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/680671

Inventors:

Jack A. Smith - Valley View TX, US
Hao Bi - Lake Zurich IL, US
Sean M. McBeath - Keller TX, US
James M. O'Connor - Dallas TX, US
Danny T. Pinckley - Arlington TX, US
John D. Reed - Arlington TX, US

Assignee:

MOTOROLA, INC. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

370351

Abstract:

During operation a wireless terminal will receive instructions assigning it to a group of wireless terminals sharing a common set of resources. The terminal will also receive an overflow allocation policy indicating resources that are to be utilized if there are more assigned resources that group resources.

US Patent:

20080025247, Jan 31, 2008

Filed:

Jan 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/668004

Inventors:

Sean M. McBeath - Keller TX, US
Hao Bi - Lake Zurich IL, US
James M. O'Connor - Dallas TX, US
Danny T. Pinckley - Arlington TX, US
John D. Reed - Arlington TX, US
Jack A. Smith - Valley View TX, US

Assignee:

MOTOROLA, INC. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04B 7/212

US Classification:

370321

Abstract:

A wireless communication infrastructure entity assigns a plurality of schedulable wireless communication entities to a group wherein each entity is assigned a location within the group. The infrastructure entity indicates which of the plurality of schedulable wireless communication entities assigned to the group have been assigned a wireless resource, for example using a terminal assignments field () and indicates special transmission information using a special transmissions field (). The special transmissions field () is used to indicate which of the schedulable wireless communication entities are receiving a special transmission.

US Patent:

20080025337, Jan 31, 2008

Filed:

Jul 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/460908

Inventors:

Jack A. Smith - Valley View TX, US
Hao Bi - Lake Zurich IL, US
Sean M. McBeath - Keller TX, US
James M. O'Connor - Dallas TX, US
Danny T. Pinckley - Arlington TX, US
John D. Reed - Arlington TX, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/40

US Classification:

370439

Abstract:

A base station () assigns a set of mobile stations () to a group wherein the group will share a set of radio resources (). A shared control channel information element () is sent to the group of mobile stations () and provides a bitmap having fields for group ordering (), resource allocations (), failure handling resources (), and an ordering pattern (). If a mobile station fails to decode the shared control channel information element () it will access the failure handling resources in order to receive data. The failure handling channel may be persistent in some embodiments, or may be released after the mobile station is once again able to decode the shared control channel information element () and thereby share in the shared resource pool allocated to its mobile station group.

US Patent:

20080037496, Feb 14, 2008

Filed:

Aug 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/464179

Inventors:

Jack A. Smith - Valley View TX, US
Hao Bi - Lake Zurich IL, US
Sean M. McBeath - Keller TX, US
James M. O'Connor - Dallas TX, US
Danny T. Pinckley - Arlington TX, US
John D. Reed - Arlington TX, US

Assignee:

MOTOROLA, INC. - Libertyville IL

International Classification:

H04Q 7/28

US Classification:

370340

Abstract:

A base station () assigns a set of mobile stations () to a group wherein the group will share a set of radio resources (). A shared control channel information element () is sent to the group of mobile stations () and provides a bitmap having fields for group ordering (), resource allocations (), continuation resources () for HARQ, and an ordering pattern (). If a mobile station requires retransmission it will access the resources indicated by the continuation resources field () in order to receive data. The HARQ blocks may be assigned to a mobile station based upon an index () which may correspond to the mobile station vocoder rate. Further, HARQ subgroups may be defined to associate subgroups of mobile stations with specific HARQ transmission opportunities on the super-frame and allocated by a rotating bitmap.