Patents by Inventor Dale Farnsworth

Dale Farnsworth 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).

  • Capability addressable network and method therefor
    Patent number: 6421347
    Abstract: A wireless, peer-to-peer, capability addressable network (22) is disclosed. The network (22) accommodates any number of peers (20). Network connections are formed based upon proximity between peers (20) and upon a needs and capabilities evaluation (82). Wireless communications occur at a sufficiently low power to form a detection zone (28) of less than about five meters for many peers (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald W. Borgstahl, Jeffrey M. Harris, David G. Leeper, Ernest E. Woodward, Jay Eaglstun, Dale Farnsworth, Eric Richard Eckert
  • Method for authorizing couplings between devices in a capability addressable network
    Patent number: 6282183
    Abstract: A method for bonding (905) to a device (901, 902). The method includes a step of transmitting a beacon message (2500). The method also includes steps of (i) selecting a beacon opcode (2501), (ii) selecting an identifier (2512), (iii) selecting an identifier type (2514), (iii) selecting an identifier address (2516), composing the beacon opcode (2501), the identifier (2512), the identifier type (2514) and the identifier address (2516) into the beacon message (2500). The method also includes a step of receiving, in response to the transmitting step, a make bond message (2530).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Martin Harris, Ernest E. Woodward, Ronald W. Borgstahl, Dale Farnsworth, Jay Eaglstun, Eric Richard Eckert