Patents by Inventor Kevin E. Mahoney

Kevin E. Mahoney 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).

  • Systems and methods for customizing wireless communication beacons and transmitting wireless communication beacons
    Patent number: 11936589
    Abstract: A method for customizing wireless communication beacons includes (a) transmitting a first Unicast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) receiving, at the first WTP, an acknowledgement data frame from the first UE station, (c) determining one or more characteristics of the first UE station from the acknowledgement data frame, (d) customizing one or more second Unicast beacons for the first UE station, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the first UE station, and (e) transmitting the one or more second Unicast beacons from the first WTP to the first UE station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen G. Glennon, Kevin E. Mahoney
  • Continuous wireless communication systems and associated methods
    Patent number: 11678232
    Abstract: A method for providing continuous wireless communication service includes (a) transmitting a first UniCast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) after transmitting the first UniCast beacon to the first UE station, handing off the first UE station from the first WTP to a second WTP, and (c) transmitting a second UniCast beacon from the second WTP to the first UE station, each of the first and second UniCast beacons including a common first basic service set identifier (BSSID).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin E. Mahoney, Stephen Glennon, Stephen Arendt
  • Client steering
    Patent number: 11540144
    Abstract: Steering clients between access points (APs) or other sources of wireless signaling is contemplated. The client steering may be used to supplant or augment roaming capabilities of the clients with independent steering decisions made at the APs such as by utilizing information shared between the APs to generate a steering threshold for use in assessing whether clients should be steered from one AP to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Mufaddal Makati, John C. Bahr, Kevin E. Mahoney
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BEACONS AND TRANSMITTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BEACONS
    Publication number: 20220224492
    Abstract: A method for customizing wireless communication beacons includes (a) transmitting a first Unicast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) receiving, at the first WTP, an acknowledgement data frame from the first UE station, (c) determining one or more characteristics of the first UE station from the acknowledgement data frame, (d) customizing one or more second Unicast beacons for the first UE station, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the first UE station, and (e) transmitting the one or more second Unicast beacons from the first WTP to the first UE station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen G. Glennon, Kevin E. Mahoney
  • Systems and methods for customizing wireless communication beacons and transmitting wireless communication beacons
    Patent number: 11290238
    Abstract: A method for customizing wireless communication beacons includes (a) transmitting a first Unicast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) receiving, at the first WTP, an acknowledgement data frame from the first UE station, (c) determining one or more characteristics of the first UE station from the acknowledgement data frame, (d) customizing one or more second Unicast beacons for the first UE station, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the first UE station, and (e) transmitting the one or more second Unicast beacons from the first WTP to the first UE station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen G. Glennon, Kevin E. Mahoney
  • CLIENT STEERING
    Publication number: 20210037396
    Abstract: Steering clients between access points (APs) or other sources of wireless signaling is contemplated. The client steering may be used to supplant or augment roaming capabilities of the clients with independent steering decisions made at the APs such as by utilizing information shared between the APs to generate a steering threshold for use in assessing whether clients should be steered from one AP to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: MUFADDAL MAKATI, JOHN C. BAHR, KEVIN E. MAHONEY
  • Continuous wireless communication systems and associated methods
    Patent number: 10897727
    Abstract: A method for providing continuous wireless communication service includes (a) transmitting a first UniCast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) after transmitting the first UniCast beacon to the first UE station, handing off the first UE station from the first WTP to a second WTP, and (c) transmitting a second UniCast beacon from the second WTP to the first UE station, each of the first and second UniCast beacons including a common first basic service set identifier (BSSID).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin E. Mahoney, Stephen Glennon, Stephen Arendt
  • Client steering
    Patent number: 10812990
    Abstract: Steering clients between access points (APs) or other sources of wireless signaling is contemplated. The client steering may be used to supplant or augment roaming capabilities of the clients with independent steering decisions made at the APs such as by utilizing information shared between the APs to generate a steering threshold for use in assessing whether clients should be steered from one AP to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Mufaddal Makati, John C. Bahr, Kevin E. Mahoney
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BEACONS AND TRANSMITTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BEACONS
    Publication number: 20200092069
    Abstract: A method for customizing wireless communication beacons includes (a) transmitting a first Unicast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) receiving, at the first WTP, an acknowledgement data frame from the first UE station, (c) determining one or more characteristics of the first UE station from the acknowledgement data frame, (d) customizing one or more second Unicast beacons for the first UE station, based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the first UE station, and (e) transmitting the one or more second Unicast beacons from the first WTP to the first UE station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen G. Glennon, Kevin E. Mahoney
  • CONTINUOUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190373517
    Abstract: A method for providing continuous wireless communication service includes (a) transmitting a first UniCast beacon from a first wireless termination point (WTP) to a first user equipment (UE) station, (b) after transmitting the first UniCast beacon to the first UE station, handing off the first UE station from the first WTP to a second WTP, and (c) transmitting a second UniCast beacon from the second WTP to the first UE station, each of the first and second UniCast beacons including a common first basic service set identifier (BSSID).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin E. Mahoney, Stephen Glennon, Stephen Arendt
  • CLIENT STEERING
    Publication number: 20180213412
    Abstract: Steering clients between access points (APs) or other sources of wireless signaling is contemplated. The client steering may be used to supplant or augment roaming capabilities of the clients with independent steering decisions made at the APs such as by utilizing information shared between the APs to generate a steering threshold for use in assessing whether clients should be steered from one AP to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Muffaddal Makati, John C. Bahr, Kevin E. Mahoney