Patents by Inventor Bernd Kauffmann

Bernd Kauffmann 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 for establishing a sensor network
    Patent number: 7505874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for establishing a sensor network having multiple sensor nodes, sensor nodes being able to connect to one another to transmit sensor data to a central receiving node, and information, in particular time information, being in stored in every sensor node from other neighboring sensor nodes lying in the reception area of a sensor node, on the basis of which a sensor node determines when to connect to another sensor node, initial information in the sensor node (S2) being formed by information from a mobile installation device (MGW), which is transmitted into a new sensor node (S2) during the installation thereof, the information particularly being provided in the form of a table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: ista International GmbH
    Inventors: Bert Bley, Manfred Gronauer, Bernd Kauffmann, Thorsten Rische
  • Method for Establishing a Sensor Network
    Publication number: 20070094386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for establishing a sensor network having multiple sensor nodes, sensor nodes being able to connect to one another to transmit sensor data to a central receiving node, and information, in particular time information, being in stored in every sensor node from other neighboring sensor nodes lying in the reception area of a sensor node, on the basis of which a sensor node determines when to connect to another sensor node, initial information in the sensor node (S2) being formed by information from a mobile installation device (MGW), which is transmitted into a new sensor node (S2) during the installation thereof, the information particularly being provided in the form of a table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: ISTA SHARED SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: Bert Bley, Manfred Gronauer, Bernd Kauffmann, Thorsten Rische