Patents by Inventor Mark L. Johson

Mark L. Johson 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 AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING COOPERATIVE ROUTING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20080198789
    Abstract: A system and method is presented for establishing relayed communications involving (1) sending a request message from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, (2) receiving the request message at the destination node, and (3) sending an acceptance message from the destination node to the source node through at least a subset of the intermediate nodes, wherein an intermediate node relays the request or acceptance message by receiving the message and re-transmitting the message, and wherein the intermediate node is capable of receiving the message from more than one other intermediate node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: TRELLISWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Brown, Adam M. Blair, Mark L. Johson, Thomas R. Halford