Gregory V Cannon, 61501 Esther Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80911

5363090, Nov 8, 1994

Jul 23, 1992

7/917878

Gregory L. Cannon - Coconut Creek FL
Gregory W. Fuller - Boca Raton FL
William J. Macko - West Palm Beach FL
Robert D. Fennell - Coral Springs FL

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04Q 100
G08B 522

34082544

A method in a radio communication device (110) for receiving a lengthy message comprises the steps of receiving an RF signal (300) comprising header information (310) and submessages (305), wherein each submessage (305) is a portion of the lengthy message, and comparing header information (310) corresponding to a submessage (305) with header information corresponding to previously stored submessages, If the header information (310) corresponding to the submessage (305) is not substantially equivalent to header information corresponding to at least one of the previously stored submessages, the submessage is stored in a memory (225). The method further comprises the step of combining the submessages (305), in response to the header information (310), to form the lengthy message.

5459456, Oct 17, 1995

Sep 13, 1993

8/119303

Nichola B. Hosack - Coral Springs FL
Gregory L. Cannon - Boynton Beach FL

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

G06F 1100

34082544

A radio receiver (110) can be coupled to first and second external devices (345) for communication therewith. A method in the radio receiver (110) for processing and forwarding received messages comprises the steps of determining a number of errors included in a first message and determining that the first external device (345) is coupled to the radio receiver (110). The method further comprises the step of comparing the number of errors included in the first message to a first value associated with the first external device (345) in response to determining that the first external device (345) is coupled to the radio receiver (110). Thereafter, the first message is provided to the first external device (345) when the number of errors included in the first message is less than the first value.

5754954, May 19, 1998

Oct 25, 1996

8/738408

Gregory L. Cannon - Coconut Creek FL
Mohammad M. Ghomeshi - Ft. Lauderdale FL

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04Q 720

455419

A communication unit (100) for operation in a communication system (600). The communication system (600) includes a plurality of communication units (100) and a control resource (300). The communication unit (100) includes a transmitter (118) for transmitting a signal to the control resource (300) requesting programming information using a bootstrap mode of operation. The communication unit (100) also includes a receiver (106) for receiving programming information sent by the control resource (300). The communication unit (100) further includes a controller (112) coupled to the transmitter (118) and the receiver (106) for programming the communication unit (100) using the received programming information prior to receiving authorization for using the communication unit.

5418528, May 23, 1995

Aug 30, 1993

8/113132

Nichola B. Hosack - Coral Springs FL
Gregory L. Cannon - Boynton Beach FL
Edward H. Robinson - Delray Beach FL
Richard A. Hill - Hollywood FL
Nancy E. Mondrosch - Boynton Beach FL
William J. Macko - West Palm Beach FL

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

G08B 522

34082544

A radio receiver (110) for receiving messages from a plurality of sources includes a message database (252) for storing the messages and sources from which the messages originate and a processing unit (220) for determining whether each source has a status of anchored or unanchored. The processing unit (220) further flags last received messages from anchored sources to indicate that the last received messages are anchored messages which are to be deleted only after deletion of unanchored messages which are not flagged as anchored messages.

5495234, Feb 27, 1996

Oct 11, 1994

8/320774

John K. Capp - Lighthouse Point FL
Gregory L. Cannon - Coconut Creek FL

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04L 700

34082521

A method in a communications receiver (20) for handling a selective call message comprises the steps of measuring a parameter of the selective call message (104, 116) and selecting whether to provide the selective call message to a display (118) or a communications port (106) in response to measuring the parameter of the selective call message (104, 116). The communications receiver (20) can function as either a pager or a radio frequency (RF) modem. A controller (66) determines the parameters of the message and operates the communications receiver (20) as a pager or as an RF modem in response to the parameters measured.

5602875, Feb 11, 1997

Jan 13, 1995

8/372421

G. David Mantel - Plantation FL
Gregory L. Cannon - Boynton Beach FL
R. Louis Breeden - Boca Raton FL

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04L 512
H04L 2712
H04L 2714

375264

A communication system (100) encodes and decodes information utilizing at least four modulation levels for transmitting the information as symbols representing symbol bits in symbol bit positions. At least one of the symbol bit positions exhibits an error rate higher than that of another of the positions. A processor (204) encodes (702) the information into an even number of code words and transmits the code words as an interleaved data stream. The processor (204) rearranges (706, 708) the transmission order of the code word bits in a predetermined way to form a modified transmission order such that the code words are transmitted (710) with substantially equal error rates. A receiver (110) receives and demodulates (712) the interleaved data stream to derive the code word bits, and then reorders (714, 716) the code word bits to undo bit modifications resulting from the modified transmission order, thereby restoring the code words. The receiver then decodes the code words to recover the information.

5384565, Jan 24, 1995

Aug 3, 1992

7/923637

Gregory L. Cannon - Coconut Creek FL

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04Q 700

34082544

A method (200) and apparatus (100, 402) are shown for determining whether first and second data messages in a communication system are duplicates. The method comprises forming (304) from the first and second data messages a corresponding pair of first and second message identifiers (120, 126). The identifiers (120, 126) comprise bits generated from first and second message characteristic values calculated (206) from portions (118, 124) of the first and second data messages. The method further comprises comparing 316 the first and second message identifiers (120, 126) to determine whether the first and second message identifiers (120, 126) are substantially equivalent to each other, substantially equivalent identifiers (120, 126) being indicative that the first and second data messages are duplicates.

5257416, Oct 26, 1993

Feb 4, 1991

7/650124

Gregory L. Cannon - Coconut Creek FL

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H03J 718

4551662

Briefly, according to the invention, a method (100) for updating the channel priority table in a receiver (300) having a signal condition table is disclosed. The receiver (300) is adapted to receive a carrier signal modulated with an information signal having a pre-determined format. The format of the information signal determines the priority of the channel the carrier signal is received on. The steps of the disclosed method include monitoring the carrier signal of the highest priority channel with activity, and periodically scanning (126 and 128) other channels including decoding of their information signals. The decoded information signal is compared to the condition table of the receiver in order to detect a higher priority carrier signal. The higher carrier signal is then monitored and the channel priority table is updated accordingly (120 or 112).