Patents by Inventor Don Hush

Don Hush 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 of addressing messages, and establishing communications using a tree search technique that skips levels
    Patent number: 6226300
    Abstract: A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices, a search tree being defined for the tree search method, the tree having multiple levels representing subgroups of the multiple wireless identification devices, the number of devices in a subgroup in one level being half of the number of devices in the next higher level, the tree search method employing level skipping wherein at least one level of the tree is skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Don Hush, Clifton W. Wood, Jr.
  • Method of addressing messages, method of establishing wireless communications, and communications system
    Patent number: 6072801
    Abstract: A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices, a search tree being defined for the tree search method, the tree having multiple levels representing subgroups of the multiple wireless identification devices, the number of devices in a subgroup in one level being half of the number of devices in the next higher level, the tree search method employing level skipping wherein at least one level of the tree is skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifton W. Wood, Jr., Don Hush
  • Method and apparatus to manage RFID tags
    Patent number: RE42344
    Abstract: A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices, a search tree being defined for the tree search method, the tree having multiple levels representing subgroups of the multiple wireless identification devices, the number of devices in a subgroup in one level being half of the number of devices in the next higher level, the tree search method employing level skipping wherein at least one level of the tree is skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
    Inventors: Clifton W. Wood, Jr., Don Hush
  • Method of addressing messages, method of establishing wireless communications, and communications system
    Patent number: RE43020
    Abstract: A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices, a search tree being defined for the tree search method, the tree having multiple levels representing subgroups of the multiple wireless identification devices, the number of devices in a subgroup in one level being half of the number of devices in the next higher level, the tree search method employing level skipping wherein at least one level of the tree is skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
    Inventors: Clifton W. Wood, Jr., Don Hush
  • Method and apparatus to manage RFID tags
    Patent number: RE43445
    Abstract: A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices, a search tree being defined for the tree search method, the tree having multiple levels representing subgroups of the multiple wireless identification devices, the number of devices in a subgroup in one level being half of the number of devices in the next higher level, the tree search method employing level skipping wherein at least one level of the tree is skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
    Inventors: Clifton W. Wood, Jr., Don Hush
  • Method of addressing messages, method of establishing wireless communications and communications system
    Patent number: RE44411
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising utilizing a tree search method to establish communications without collision between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices, a search tree being defined for the tree search method, the tree having multiple levels representing subgroups of the multiple wireless identification devices, the number of devices in a subgroup in one level being half of the number of devices in the next higher level, the tree search method employing level skipping wherein at least one level of the tree is skipped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Round Rock Research, LLC
    Inventors: Clifton W. Wood, Jr., Don Hush