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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Ohio (June 10)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Ohio. *** Ohio Inventors Develop Patent for Swarm Autonomous Routing Algorithm for Mobile Ad Hoc Network Communications ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Mark J. Heiferling, Burton, Ohio, and Jonathon C. Kelm, Shaker Heights, Ohio, have developed a patent (957,355) for a "swarm autonomous routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc network communications." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A Swarm Autonomous Routing Algorithm (SARA) is performed by simple communication node devices for node to node communications in a network, especially a Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET). Each node maintains a table of pheromone values for known neighbor nodes. Pheromone values are dynamic for adapting to a dynamic arrangement of nodes, and are updated either passively or actively. Routing tables are not used. When a node receives a packet, it uses the pheromone table to simply determine whether or not to forward (rebroadcast) the packet to a neighbor node, and if possible, determines and indicates the best neighbor node for next forwarding the packet. Destination Zone Routing (DZR) and Swarm Location Service (SLS) are alternative enhancements of SARA that can be used for more efficient routing when nodes are location aware/knowledgeable. SLS may also be used to improve routing algorithms other than SARA." The patent application was filed on May 30, 2006 (11/421,067). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,957,355&OS=7,957,355&RS=7,957,355 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (7,957,336) developed by James A. Amos, North Canton, Ohio, and Clark Carty, Brunswick, Ohio, for a "system and method for clock distribution and synchronization and radio location." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system for locating a client in a wireless network. The system includes at least three access points. Each access point is adapted to wirelessly communicate with a client having a location using packeted data, be placed in wired data communication within a selected data network; and to share a common precise time reference using the selected data network. The system further includes a switch adapted to translate the relative position of the access points based on a shared common precise time reference and to calculate the location of the client based on a transmission from the client." The patent application was filed on Jan. 5, 2009 (12/348,592). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7957336.PN.&OS=PN/7957336&RS=PN/7957336 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ADC Telecommunications Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- ADC Telecommunications, Eden Prairie, Minn., has been assigned a patent (7,957,265) developed by Michael J. Geile, Loveland, Ohio, and Jeffrey Brede, Eden Prairie, Minn., for "systems and method for orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing are provided. In one embodiment, a multi-carrier modem comprising: a receiver configured to de-modulate symbols from at least one of a plurality of spectrally overlapping carrier signals; a transmitter configured to modulate symbols onto at least one of a plurality of the spectrally overlapping carrier signals; a processor coupled to the transmitter, wherein the processor outputs data for transmission by the transmitter, wherein the processor applies an inverse Fourier transform to the data transmitted by the transmitter; and a controller programmed to instruct the transmitter to transmit a coarse timing adjustment followed by at least one secondary timing adjustment, wherein the secondary timing adjustment is a fine tuning adjustment with respect to the coarse timing adjustment." The patent application was filed on Oct. 29, 2007 (11/927,460). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7957265.PN.&OS=PN/7957265&RS=PN/7957265 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1050623 (c) 2011 Targeted News Service |