Patents by Inventor William Steven Conner

William Steven Conner 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).

  • Ad hoc network having a back-bone determined at least in part on a metric and method therefore
    Patent number: 7542459
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an ad-hoc network comprises nodes. A sub-set of the nodes provides a backbone for communication between nodes in the ad-hoc network. At least some of the nodes in the backbone are selected to be a router based at least in part on a metric of the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: William Steven Conner, Lakshman Krishnamurthy
  • Ad hoc network having a backbone determined at least in part on a metric and method threfor
    Publication number: 20030202524
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an ad-hoc network comprises nodes. A sub-set of the nodes provides a backbone for communication between nodes in the ad-hoc network. At least some of the nodes in the backbone are selected to be a router based at least in part on a metric of the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: William Steven Conner, Lakshman Krishnamurthy