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Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Quixotic Holdings, Llc, Fife, WA (US);

Inventors:

Charles Robert Gorectke, Lakeland, FL (US);

Christopher Michael Garman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Anthony Samuel Jacobs, Olney, MD (US);

Assignee:

QUIXOTIC HOLDINGS, LLC, Fife, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/54 (2023.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/54 (2023.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01);
Abstract

A facility for generating a network announcement message for a first communication device is described. In the message generated by the facility, first data encodes values determined for the first communication device of standard attributes specified by a wireless networking standard. Second data encoded values determined for the first communication device of expanded attributes including at least one expanded attribute characterizing the first communication device's connection to an internetwork. The message is usable by a second communication device that receives the message to compare the first communication device to other communication devices to which the second communication device is capable of connecting.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Gorectke, Charles. (2026). Using expanded metadata to select among available wireless networks (U.S. Patent No. 12549265). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12549265

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