Patents by Inventor Mark Bilstad

Mark Bilstad 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).

  • Publication number: 20080057945
    Abstract: Methods for suppressing ring tones in cellular telephones and for informing a cellular telephone with configuration data are described. The method for informing a cellular telephone includes detecting a cellular telephone that enters a space time zone associated with the network. A property of the telephone is determined. Information is sent to the telephone that relates to the telephone property and a characteristic of the network space time zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Jay Wu Hong, Arnold Mark Bilstad
  • Publication number: 20070259700
    Abstract: A Proxy ARP Server in an AP maintains IP/MAC bindings for associated clients. In an example embodiment, when the AP receives a proxy ARP request for a client, the AP may respond for the client. In another example embodiment, when the AP receives a proxy ARP request for the client, the AP buffers the request until the client is in an awake state. Optionally, the AP may convert the broadcast destination MAC address in the ARP request to a unicast address that corresponds to the target IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Robert MEIER, Mark Bilstad
  • Patent number: 7102513
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatically installing and/or aligning antennas of wireless bridges in computer networks. In general terms, when a particular bridge is installed or aligned, an installation mode is triggered which automatically displays an indication of one or more signal strength levels of signals received into the particular bridge. In the automatic installation mode, the particular bridge automatically searches for a remote bridge with which it can associate. After a remote bridge is associated with the particular bridge, the signal strength received by the particular bridge from the found bridge is then displayed on one or more indicators, such as light emitting diodes. Thus, one can then adjust the antenna of the bridge until an optimum power level is achieved without using any specialized equipment, such as a voltmeter or laptop for interfacing with the bridge to obtain the signal strength indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Metin Ismail Taskin, Arnold Mark Bilstad, Glade L. Gauger
  • Publication number: 20050018624
    Abstract: A power-save QSTA notifies an Access Point (AP) that its operating in a automatic power-save delivery (APSD) mode and negotiates a periodic wakeup schedule and a scheduled startup time with the AP. Wakeup times are synchronized with the 802.11 Timer Synchronization Function (TSF). The AP automatically sends frames to the QSTA when it determines the QSTA is in an awake state, otherwise downlink frames are buffered. The AP uses a combination poll+EDCF access method wherein at the start of each wakeup period the AP sends a poll to the QSTA, the poll having a flag that indicates to the QSTA if the AP has a downlink fame buffered for the QSTA. In addition, a Proxy ARP Server in an AP maintains IP/MAC bindings for associated clients so that when the AP receives a proxy ARP request for a client, the AP may respond for the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Meier, Mark Bilstad