Patents by Inventor Adam M. Blair

Adam M. Blair 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).

  • Method and system for establishing cooperative routing in wireless networks
    Patent number: 8964773
    Abstract: A system and method is presented for establishing relayed communications involving (1) sending a request message from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, (2) receiving the request message at the destination node, and (3) sending an acceptance message from the destination node to the source node through at least a subset of the intermediate nodes, wherein an intermediate node relays the request or acceptance message by receiving the message and re-transmitting the message, and wherein the intermediate node is capable of receiving the message from more than one other intermediate node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Brown, III, Adam M. Blair, Mark L. Johnson, Thomas R. Halford
  • Methods and systems for conducting relayed communication
    Patent number: 8964629
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for conducting a relayed communication involving a source node, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and at least one destination node, involving at the source node transmitting a signal associated with the relayed communication on a first medium allocation, at each one of the plurality of intermediate nodes relaying the signal onto a next medium allocation in response to receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a current medium allocation, and at the at least one destination node receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a last medium allocation, wherein at least one node among the plurality of intermediate nodes and the at least one destination node receives signals associated with the relayed communication from multiple intermediate nodes as transmitted on at least one medium allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam M. Blair, Thomas A. Brown, III, Mark L. Johnson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING COOPERATIVE ROUTING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20140161015
    Abstract: A system and method is presented for establishing relayed communications involving (1) sending a request message from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, (2) receiving the request message at the destination node, and (3) sending an acceptance message from the destination node to the source node through at least a subset of the intermediate nodes, wherein an intermediate node relays the request or acceptance message by receiving the message and re-transmitting the message, and wherein the intermediate node is capable of receiving the message from more than one other intermediate node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Brown III, Adam M. Blair, Mark L. Johnson, Thomas R. Halford
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONDUCTING RELAYED COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20140056212
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for conducting a relayed communication involving a source node, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and at least one destination node, involving at the source node transmitting a signal associated with the relayed communication on a first medium allocation, at each one of the plurality of intermediate nodes relaying the signal onto a next medium allocation in response to receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a current medium allocation, and at the at least one destination node receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a last medium allocation, wherein at least one node among the plurality of intermediate nodes and the at least one destination node receives signals associated with the relayed communication from multiple intermediate nodes as transmitted on at least one medium allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Adam M. Blair, Thomas A. Brown, III, Mark L. Johnson
  • Methods and apparatus for network communication via barrage relay onto an independent medium allocation
    Patent number: 8588126
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for conducting a relayed communication involving a source node, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and at least one destination node, involving at the source node transmitting a signal associated with the relayed communication on a first medium allocation, at each one of the plurality of intermediate nodes relaying the signal onto a next medium allocation in response to receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a current medium allocation, and at the at least one destination node receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a last medium allocation, wherein at least one node among the plurality of intermediate nodes and the at least one destination node receives signals associated with the relayed communication from multiple intermediate nodes as transmitted on at least one medium allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam M. Blair, Thomas A. Brown, III, Mark L. Johnson
  • Method and system for establishing cooperative routing in wireless networks
    Patent number: 8457005
    Abstract: A system and method is presented for establishing relayed communications involving (1) sending a request message from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, (2) receiving the request message at the destination node, and (3) sending an acceptance message from the destination node to the source node through at least a subset of the intermediate nodes, wherein an intermediate node relays the request or acceptance message by receiving the message and re-transmitting the message, and wherein the intermediate node is capable of receiving the message from more than one other intermediate node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Brown, III, Adam M. Blair, Mark L. Johnson, Thomas R. Halford
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING COOPERATIVE ROUTING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20080198789
    Abstract: A system and method is presented for establishing relayed communications involving (1) sending a request message from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, (2) receiving the request message at the destination node, and (3) sending an acceptance message from the destination node to the source node through at least a subset of the intermediate nodes, wherein an intermediate node relays the request or acceptance message by receiving the message and re-transmitting the message, and wherein the intermediate node is capable of receiving the message from more than one other intermediate node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: TRELLISWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Brown, Adam M. Blair, Mark L. Johson, Thomas R. Halford
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION VIA BARRAGE RELAY ONTO AN INDEPENDENT MEDIUM ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20080107044
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for conducting a relayed communication involving a source node, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and at least one destination node, involving at the source node transmitting a signal associated with the relayed communication on a first medium allocation, at each one of the plurality of intermediate nodes relaying the signal onto a next medium allocation in response to receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a current medium allocation, and at the at least one destination node receiving the signal as transmitted on at least one medium allocation up to a last medium allocation, wherein at least one node among the plurality of intermediate nodes and the at least one destination node receives signals associated with the relayed communication from multiple intermediate nodes as transmitted on at least one medium allocation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam M. Blair, Thomas A. Brown, Mark L. Johnson