Patents by Inventor Tim Ensor

Tim Ensor 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).

  • System and method for wireless mesh networking
    Patent number: 7653010
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a method of operating a wireless mesh network. The method comprises: seeding the network from a first node; allocating a network address to each member node of the network to form a tree-like structure of the nodes, such that the network address is reversibly derived from the network address of the member node from which it is derived in the tree-like structure; and mapping out cross-branch network connections between nodes that are determined not to be immediate neighbour nodes according to the addresses of the tree-like structure. Further related system embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Casient Limited
    Inventors: Tim Ensor, Matthew Storkey, Simon Shakespeare, Edward Colby
  • System and method for wireless mesh networking
    Publication number: 20060245360
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a method of operating a wireless mesh network. The method comprises: seeding the network from a first node; allocating a network address to each member node of the network to form a tree-like structure of the nodes, such that the network address is reversibly derived from the network address of the member node from which it is derived in the tree-like structure; and mapping out cross-branch network connections between nodes that are determined not to be immediate neighbour nodes according to the addresses of the tree-like structure. Further related system embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Tim Ensor, Matthew Storkey, Simon Shakespeare, Edward Colby