Inventor · San Diego, CA, US

Robbin D. Hughes

22Patents
11h-index
22Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 13, 1996 → Aug 25, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5781543A Power-efficient acquisition of a CDMA pilot signal Electricity 111 Expired
US6069880A Method and apparatus for scanning other frequency pilot signals in a code division multiple access communication system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US6011978A Automatic system switching in a multiple-mode wireless communication device Electricity 49 Expired
US5790589A System and method for rapidly reacquiring a pilot channel Electricity 49 Expired
US6625467B2 Method and apparatus for performing idle mode reacquisition and handoff in an asynchronous communication system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6363260B1 System and method for edge of coverage detection in a wireless communication device Electricity 22 Expired
US6980823B2 Intermediate wake mode to track sleep clock frequency in a wireless communication device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US5953648A System and method for estimating clock error in a remote communication device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6477162B1 Dynamically adjusting integration interval based on a signal strength Electricity 14 Expired
US6944143B1 Prioritization of searching by a remote unit in a wireless communication system Electricity 12 Expired
US6320849A Dynamic control of search duration in a wireless communication device Electricity 11 Expired
US8144821B2 CDMA frequency acquisition using a simplified crystal oscillator that is not temperature compensated Electricity 11 Active
US6122334A Pilot signal detection filter for a wireless communication device Electricity 10 Expired
US6704577B1 Efficient searching by a remote unit in a slotted mode communication system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6539069B1 Dynamic filtering of pilot energy samples in a wireless communication system Electricity 6 Expired
US6718170B1 Dynamic allocation of microprocessor resources in a wireless communication device Electricity 5 Expired
US7224719B1 Fast acquisition of a pilot signal in a wireless communication device Electricity 4 Expired
US7657261B2 Technique for using the same wireless frequency channel in overlapping or adjacent coverage areas Electricity 3 Active
US8625559B2 System and method for enhancing personal device communication capabilities using modified battery module Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8553728B2 Methods and apparatus for robust slotted mode operation in fading wireless environments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7684470B2 Fast acquisition of a pilot signal in a wireless communication device Electricity 1 Active
US8671174B2 Management of shared client device and device manager Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.