Patents by Inventor Charles E. Baenen

Charles E. Baenen 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).

  • System and method for auto-configuration and discovery of IP to MAC address mapping and gateway presence in wireless peer-to-peer ad-hoc routing networks
    Patent number: 6728232
    Abstract: An system and method for handling broadcast network requests for auto-configuration and discovery of IP to MAC address mappings and gateway presence in wireless peer-to-peer ad-hoc routing networks. The significant portion of a node's IP address is calculated by applying a hashing function to the six-byte hardware (MAC) address. The significant portion is appended to routing advertisements, and thereby propagates passively to other network nodes. DHCP and ARP requests, as well as other broadcast type requests, are handled by the local network stack of a node, without requiring a broadcast transmission over the wireless channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: MeshNetworks, Inc.
    Inventors: William V. Hasty, Jr., Charles E. Baenen, Shawn P. Welsh
  • System and method for auto-configuration and discovery of IP to MAC address mapping and gateway presence in wireless peer-to-peer ad-hoc routing networks
    Publication number: 20030179750
    Abstract: An system and method for handling broadcast network requests for auto-configuration and discovery of IP to MAC address mappings and gateway presence in wireless peer-to-peer ad-hoc routing networks. The significant portion of a node's IP address is calculated by applying a hashing function to the six-byte hardware (MAC) address. The significant portion is appended to routing advertisements, and thereby propagates passively to other network nodes. DHCP and ARP requests, as well as other broadcast type requests, are handled by the local network stack of a node, without requiring a broadcast transmission over the wireless channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: William V. Hasty, Charles E. Baenen, Shawn P. Welsh