Patents by Inventor Phil Rudland

Phil Rudland 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).

  • Methods and apparatuses for routing data in a personal area network
    Patent number: 7564842
    Abstract: The disclosure is a routing method for data in a personal area network. The personal area network includes a plurality of nodes. The method includes receiving a frame at a node, determining whether the node contains a routing table entry for the frame destination, and when the node contains a routing table entry, determining a route for the frame based on a first routing protocol. The method further includes, when the node does not contain a routing table entry for the frame destination, determining whether a route should be discovered for the frame destination, and when a route should not be discovered, determining a route for the frame based on a second routing protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Intel Corporation, NXP B.V., Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Herbert Callaway, Jr., Lance Eric Hester, Vernon Anthony Allen, Jasmeet Chhabra, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Ralph M. Kling, Zafer Sahinoglu, Philip V. Orlik, Phil Jamieson, Phil Rudland, Zachary Smith, Myung J. Lee, Xuhui Hu, Yong Liu, Chunhui Zhu
  • Methods and apparatuses for routing data in a personal area network
    Publication number: 20050135379
    Abstract: The invention is a routing method for data in a personal area network. The personal area network includes a plurality of nodes. The method includes receiving a frame at a node, determining whether the node contains a routing table entry for the frame destination, and when the node contains a routing table entry, determining a route for the frame based on a first routing protocol. The method further includes, when the node does not contain a routing table entry for the frame destination, determining whether a route should be discovered for the frame destination, and when a route should not be discovered, determining a route for the frame based on a second routing protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Edgar Callaway, Lance Hester, Vernon Allen, Jasmeet Chhabra, Lakshman Krishnamurthy, Ralph Kling, Zafer Sahinoglu, Philip Orlik, Phil Jamieson, Phil Rudland, Zachary Smith, Myung Lee, Xuhui Hu, Yong Liu, Chunhui Zhu