Patents by Inventor Dirk Gates

Dirk Gates 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).

  • Patent number: 10554490
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for managing a communications system including a wireless network access point and an administrator computing device coupled to the access point via a network. A user device connects to a basic service set hosted by the access point. The administrator computing device accepts a request to configure a single-user service set hosted by the access point, the request received from the user device via the basic service set and the network. The administrator computing device instructs the access point to configure the private single-user service set using configuration information contained in the request. The access point configures the single-user service set using the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Cambium Networks, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, Jack Horner, Alan Russell
  • Patent number: 10425305
    Abstract: A wireless access point array having a plurality of access point radios, a monitor radio and an array controller. The array controller includes processes, methods and functions for verifying the operation of the access point radios. The access point radios may be verified by attempting to establish a data connection between the monitor radio and each of the access point radios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Riverbed Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Mathews, Dirk Gates, Michael B. Rydalch
  • Publication number: 20180331899
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for managing a communications system including a wireless network access point and an administrator computing device coupled to the access point via a network. A user device connects to a basic service set hosted by the access point. The administrator computing device accepts a request to configure a single-user service set hosted by the access point, the request received from the user device via the basic service set and the network. The administrator computing device instructs the access point to configure the private single-user service set using configuration information contained in the request. The access point configures the single-user service set using the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, Jack Horner, Alan Russell
  • Patent number: 10044560
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for managing a wireless communications network and a communications system. A request to configure a single-user service set includes a specified location, a specified future time and configuration information for the single-user service set. The configuration information is transmitted to an access point at the specified location. The selected access point configures the single-user service set at the specified future time using the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Xirrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, Jack Horner, Alan Russell
  • Publication number: 20170134222
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for managing a wireless communications network and a communications system. A request to configure a single-user service set includes a specified location, a specified future time and configuration information for the single-user service set. The configuration information is transmitted to an access point at the specified location. The selected access point configures the single-user service set at the specified future time using the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, Jack Horner, Alan Russell
  • Patent number: 9591529
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for managing a wireless communications network and a communications system. A request to access a single-user service set at a specified location at a specified future time is accepted from a user, the request including configuration information for the private service set. The configuration information is transmitted to an access point selected from a plurality of access points, the selected access point located at the specified location. The selected access point configures the single-user service set at the specified future time using the configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Xirrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, Jack Horner, Alan Russell
  • Publication number: 20160345208
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for managing a wireless communications network and a communications system. A request to access a single-user service set at a specified location at a specified future time is accepted from a user, the request including configuration information for the private service set. The configuration information is transmitted to an access point selected from a plurality of access points, the selected access point located at the specified location. The selected access point configures the single-user service set at the specified future time using the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, Jack Horner, Alan Russell
  • Patent number: 9247570
    Abstract: There is disclosed a wireless communications network, a method for managing a wireless communications network, and an omnibus access point. The omnibus access point may receive, from a user device, a request to join an identified service set, the user device located within a coverage area of the omnibus access point and outside of a coverage area of an access point associated with the identified service set. The omnibus access point may attempt to identify the access point associated with the identified service set. When the omnibus access point succeeds in identifying the access point associated with the identified service set, the omnibus access point may establish a secure communications path between the omnibus access point and the identified access point to allow secure communications between the user device and the identified service set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: XIRRUS, INC.
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Patrick Parker, Jack Horner, Alan Russell
  • Publication number: 20160020977
    Abstract: A wireless access point array having a plurality of access point radios, a monitor radio and an array controller. The array controller includes processes, methods and functions for verifying the operation of the access point radios. The access point radios may be verified by attempting to establish a data connection between the monitor radio and each of the access point radios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: KIRK MATHEWS, DIRK GATES, MICHAEL B. RYDALCH
  • Patent number: 9088907
    Abstract: A wireless access point array having a plurality of access point radios, a monitor radio and an array controller. The array controller includes processes, methods and functions for verifying the operation of the access point radios. The access point radios may be verified by attempting to establish a data connection between the monitor radio and each of the access point radios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: XIRRUS, INC.
    Inventors: Kirk Mathews, Dirk Gates, Michael Rydalch
  • Patent number: 8116697
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for reducing multi-modulation radio transmit range. The method comprises determining a data modulation type at which a transmitter is operating, and adjusting a transmitter power according to the data modulation type to control transmit range. Each data modulation type may be determined to operate at a designated transmit power level by determining each data modulation type and arranging in order of a data connection rate corresponding to each data modulation type. For each data modulation type, the difference between a minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the connection rate and a minimum SNR at the next higher connection rate is calculated. Starting with the lowest data connection rate and at the maximum transmit power, the transmitter power levels are calculated for each data connection rate such that the transmitter range is limited and operation at the highest data connection rate is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Xirrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Kirk Matthews, Kurt Sauter
  • Publication number: 20090059875
    Abstract: A wireless access point array having a plurality of access point radios, a monitor radio and an array controller. The array controller includes processes, methods and functions for verifying the operation of the access point radios. The access point radios may be verified by attempting to establish a data connection between the monitor radio and each of the access point radios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Xirrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Matthews, Dirk Gates, Michael B. Rydalch
  • Publication number: 20080113634
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for reducing multi-modulation radio transmit range. The method comprises determining a data modulation type at which a transmitter is operating, and adjusting a transmitter power according to the data modulation type to control transmit range. Each data modulation type may be determined to operate at a designated transmit power level by determining each data modulation type and arranging in order of a data connection rate corresponding to each data modulation type. For each data modulation type, the difference between a minimum signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the connection rate and a minimum SNR at the next higher connection rate is calculated. Starting with the lowest data connection rate and at the maximum transmit power, the transmitter power levels are calculated for each data connection rate such that the transmitter range is limited and operation at the highest data connection rate is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Xirrus, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk Gates, Kirk Matthews, Kurt Sauter