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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander A. Chiocchi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas M. Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott K. Winkleblack, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian L. Frank, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/14 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technologies for initiating communication with an unreachable node are disclosed. In an embodiment, a connector sub-network is interposed between a connection network and a member sub-network. A connector node of the connector sub-network is identified and used to initiate communication between a member node and a target node in the connection network.