Patents by Inventor Ioannis Avramopoulos

Ioannis Avramopoulos 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: 7409550
    Abstract: A method binds devices connected by a wireless network by setting a first timeout in a master device. A key exchange is performed between the master and a slave device. The key exchange is terminated if the first timeout expires and the key exchange is incomplete. Then, a second timeout is set in the master device and a third timeout is set in the slave device if the key exchange is complete. A binding to the slave device is established in the master device if the master device receives a response from the slave device after the second time expires. Otherwise the slave device is disabled. A binding to the master device is established in the slave device if the third timeout expires and there is only one key exchange detected by the slave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ioannis Avramopoulos, Johnas I. Cukier, Ghulam Bhatti
  • Publication number: 20060036860
    Abstract: A method binds devices connected by a wireless network. A first timeout is set in a master device, and a key exchange is performed between the master device and a slave device. The key exchange is terminated if the first timeout expires and the key exchange is incomplete. Then, a second timeout is set in the master device and a third timeout is set in the slave device if the key exchange is complete. A binding to the slave device is established in the master device if the master device receives a response from the slave device after the second time expires, and otherwise the slave device is disabled. A binding to the master device is established in the slave device if the third timeout expires and there is only one key exchange detected by the slave device, and otherwise further operation of the slave device are blocked by the slave device if there more than one key exchanges are detected by the slave device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Ioannis Avramopoulos, Johnas Cukier, Ghulam Bhatti