Patents by Inventor Maximillian Merfield

Maximillian Merfield 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).

  • Architecture for content and host-centric information dissemination in delay-tolerant MANETs
    Patent number: 9119226
    Abstract: An architecture to enable delay tolerant content-centric and host-centric communications in MANETs comprised of smart phones is disclosed. This architecture allows cross network communications and Internet sharing, assuming that at least one of the smart phones has internet connectivity. The architecture includes a routing mechanism for content-centric communications, as well as routing algorithms for host-centric communications. In one embodiment, a combination of OLSR and a modified variant of PRoPHET is used to create preferred routing paths for content-centric communication. In another embodiment, variations of store and forward, such as binary spray and wait, are used for host-centric communications. These communications between mobile devices utilize wireless communications, such as IEEE802.11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Praveen Sharma, Jason Biddle, Aaron Daubman, Evan Fiore, Timothy Gallagher, Jeremy Mineweaser, Santiago Paredes, Daniel Souza, Heather Zwahlen, Maximillian Merfield, Larry Robinson
  • Architecture For Content And Host-Centric Information Dissemination In Delay-Tolerant MANETs
    Publication number: 20130272286
    Abstract: An architecture to enable delay tolerant content-centric and host-centric communications in MANETs comprised of smart phones is disclosed. This architecture allows cross network communications and Internet sharing, assuming that at least one of the smart phones has internet connectivity. The architecture includes a routing mechanism for content-centric communications, as well as routing algorithms for host-centric communications. In one embodiment, a combination of OLSR and a modified variant of PRoPHET is used to create preferred routing paths for content-centric communication. In another embodiment, variations of store and forward, such as binary spray and wait, are used for host-centric communications. These communications between mobile devices utilize wireless communications, such as IEEE802.11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Praveen Sharma, Jason Biddle, Aaron Daubman, Evan Fiore, Timothy Gallagher, Jeremy Mineweaser, Santiago Paredes, Daniel Souza, Heather Zwahlen, Maximillian Merfield, Larry Robinson