Patents by Inventor Dale Loia

Dale Loia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Compression method and system for user friendly address in mesh networking
    Patent number: 10263892
    Abstract: A method for operating a mesh network is described. The method includes using a protocol comprising an address and a payload, wherein the address and payload are restricted. The method also includes using a hash function to generate an address from a description, wherein the description uses ASCII characters, wherein a message uses the description as an address and wherein the description is transformed into the address using the hash function and added together with the message into the payload, assigning the generated address to a device, wherein the device is part of a mesh network, and in a transmission from a source to the device, providing the generated address within the payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yifeng Yang, Dale Loia, Dave Richkas
  • Compression Method and System for User Friendly Address in Mesh Networking
    Publication number: 20160277298
    Abstract: A method for operating a mesh network is described. The method includes using a protocol comprising an address and a payload, wherein the address and payload are restricted. The method also includes using a hash function to generate an address from a description, wherein the description uses ASCII characters, wherein a message uses the description as an address and wherein the description is transformed into the address using the hash function and added together with the message into the payload, assigning the generated address to a device, wherein the device is part of a mesh network, and in a transmission from a source to the device, providing the generated address within the payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Yifeng Yang, Dale Loia, Dave Richkas
  • APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD HAVING A WI-FI COMPATIBLE ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) POWER CIRCUIT MODULE
    Publication number: 20110298301
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method includes a housing having at least one inlet plug suitable for connection to an alternating current (AC) power outlet and at least one outlet receptacle suitable receiving an AC plug connected to a load device. An AC measurement module is contained within the housing and is coupled to the inlet plug and the outlet receptacle to measure AC voltage and AC current usage of the load device connected to the outlet receptacle. A communication module is operative to transmit AC power values calculated based on the measured AC voltage and AC current in accordance with the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking standard (Wi-Fi) to a wireless network access point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Equal Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Wong, J. Marcus Stewart, Richard Mincher, John Metzger, Dale Loia, Eric Wai, Jacob Chang