Roger R Skidmore, Age 528121 Jester Blvd, Austin, TX 78750

7171208, Jan 30, 2007

Jun 26, 2003

10/606115

Theodore S. Rappaport - Austin TX, US
Roger R. Skidmore - Austin TX, US
Eric Reifsneider - Vancouver WA, US

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04Q 7/20

455445, 4554221, 455423, 455424, 455425, 455500, 4554261, 703 21, 703 22, 703 4, 703 13

A computerized model provides a display of a physical environment in which a communications network is or will be installed. The communications network is comprised of several components, each of which are selected by the design engineer and which are represented in the display. Errors in the selection of certain selected components for the communications network are identified by their attributes or frequency characteristics as well as by their interconnection compatibility for a particular design. The effects of changes in frequency on component performance are modeled and the results are displayed to the design engineer. A bill of materials is automatically checked for faults and generated for the design system and provided to the design engineer. For ease of design, the design engineer can cluster several different preferred components into component kits, and then select these component kits for use in the design or deployment process.

7243054, Jul 10, 2007

Mar 13, 2003

10/386939

Theodore S. Rappaport - Austin TX, US
Roger R. Skidmore - Austin TX, US

Wireless Valley Communications, Inc. - Austin TX

G06G 17/50
G06F 3/00

703 2, 703 5, 703 18, 455 331, 455 334, 345133

A network which includes electromagnetic components, such as a wireless communications system, is designed, optimized, modified and/or saved or exported to another applications program using a graphical interface. A display may present a graphical rendering of performance characteristics in a site specific manner showing elements such as walls, doors, windows, furniture, people, foliage, and terrain. The locations where performance characteristic information are presented can be automatically selected and adjusted to present more or less information. The display can be viewed at multiple perspectives, and the viewing angle can be adjusted. In one embodiment, the display can graphically present information related to two different performance characteristics. An infrastructure wiring diagram can be generated for analysis or for exportation to other applications using the system, wherein after components are positioned and connected within the context of a site map, the site map itself is eliminated or significantly reduced in prominence.

7295119, Nov 13, 2007

Nov 18, 2003

10/714929

Theodore S. Rappaport - Austin TX, US
Roger R. Skidmore - Austin TX, US

Wireless Valley Communications, Inc. - Austin TX

G08B 13/14

3405724, 340 58, 34053913, 3406916, 34082549, 4554566, 455509, 705 28, 709223, 709226, 726 2

A system and method for providing security to a wireless communication system having wireless communication components positioned at different locations within a physical environment are provided. The wireless communication components include an access point and a network device. A site-specific computerized representation of the physical environment displays the location of the wireless communication components including the access point and network device. The access point and network device identify the presence or a physical location of a possible intruder or intruder devices. An indicator is presented in the site-specific representation on the display when an erroneous authentication request or other undesired transmission is received by the network device or the access point.

7295960, Nov 13, 2007

Mar 13, 2003

10/386943

Theodore S. Rappaport - Austin TX, US
Roger Skidmore - Austin TX, US

Wireless Valley Communications, Inc. - Austin TX

G06F 17/50
G06G 7/62
H04M 11/00
H04Q 7/20

703 13, 703 2, 455403, 4554221, 455423

A method is presented for determining optimal or preferred configuration settings for wireless or wired network equipment in order to obtain a desirable level of network performance. A site-specific network model is used with adaptive processing to perform efficient design and on-going management of network performance. The invention iteratively determines overall network performance and cost, and further iterates equipment settings, locations and orientations. Real time control is between a site-specific Computer Aided Design (CAD) software application and the physical components of the network allows the invention to display, store, and iteratively adapt any network to constantly varying traffic and interference conditions. Alarms provide rapid adaptation of network parameters, and alerts and preprogrammed network shutdown actions may be taken autonomously. A wireless post-it note device and network allows massive data such as book contents or hard drive memory to be accessed within a room by a wide bandwidth reader device, and this can further be interconnected to the internet or Ethernet backbone in order to provide worldwide access and remote retrieval to wireless post-it devices.

7680644, Mar 16, 2010

Oct 31, 2003

10/697557

Theodore Rappaport - Austin TX, US
Roger Skidmore - Austin TX, US
Eric Reifsneider - Vancouver WA, US

Wireless Valley Communications, Inc. - Austin TX

G06G 7/62
G06F 13/12
H04W 24/00
H04M 11/08
H04B 17/00
H04B 15/00

703 21, 703 4, 703 13, 455423, 4554561, 4554042, 455 6711, 455 633

A computerized model provides a display of a physical environment in which a communications network is or will be installed. The communications network is comprised of several components, each of which are selected by the design engineer and which are represented in the display. Errors in the selection of certain selected components for the communications network are identified by their attributes or frequency characteristics as well as by their interconnection compatibility for a particular design. The effects of changes in frequency on component performance are modeled and the results are displayed to the design engineer. A bill of materials is automatically checked for faults and generated for the design system and provided to the design engineer. For ease of design, the design engineer can cluster several different preferred components into component kits, and then select these component kits for use in the design or deployment process.

7711371, May 4, 2010

Jun 27, 2006

11/426921

Joydeep K. Basak - Austin TX, US
Veeraraghavan A. Anatha - Austin TX, US
Eric S. Reifsnider - Corvallis OR, US
Roger R. Skidmore - Austin TX, US
Gemel M. Yang - Austin TX, US

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04W 40/00

455446, 702182

A system and method for analysis of a wireless communications network is disclosed. A map of a physical environment integrating communications hardware for implementing a wireless communications network is defined. Client service requirements and regions for the wireless communications network are defined. Mesh point constraints and mesh linkage constraints for the wireless communications network are defined. The communications hardware is placed on the map at initial locations. Whether at least one of the defined mesh point constraints and mesh linkage constraints have been met by at least one mesh link between communications hardware based upon the initial locations of the communications hardware in the communications network is calculated. In one embodiment, the at least one calculation is displayed as a visualization on the defined map.

7773995, Aug 10, 2010

Apr 17, 2006

11/405167

Theodore Rappaport - Austin TX, US
Roger Skidmore - Austin TX, US

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

H04W 40/00

455446, 4554522, 4554221, 455423

A system and method for creating a site specific representation of an environment are disclosed. The system and method comprise sending an RF signal and receiving a reflected RF signal. Based upon determining characteristics of the reflected RF signal, characteristics of an obstruction in the environment are computed. Finally, a site specific representation of the environment based upon the computed characteristics is created.

7933605, Apr 26, 2011

Jan 18, 2007

11/624289

Theodore S. Rappaport - Austin TX, US
Roger B. Skidmore - Austin TX, US
Eric Reifsneider - Vancouver WA, US

Motorola Solutions, Inc. - Schuamburg IL

H04W 40/00

455446, 455566, 455423

A computerized model provides a display of a physical environment in which a communications network is or will be installed. The communications network is comprised of several components, each of which are selected by the design engineer and which are represented in the display. Errors in the selection of certain selected components for the communications network are identified by their attributes or frequency characteristics as well as by their interconnection compatibility for a particular design. The effects of changes in frequency on component performance are modeled and the results are displayed to the design engineer. A bill of materials is automatically checked for faults and generated for the design system and provided to the design engineer. For ease of design, the design engineer can cluster several different preferred components into component kits, and then select these component kits for use in the design or deployment process.