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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2003
Keith Stuart Klemba, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Isaac Robert Nassi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Neil Cornejo, Honolulu, HI (US);
Lawrence Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley, CA (US);
Keith Stuart Klemba, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Isaac Robert Nassi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David Neil Cornejo, Honolulu, HI (US);
Lawrence Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley, CA (US);
Firetide, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
System, apparatus, and methods are disclosed wherewith a group of independent wireless routing devices known as Service Points work cooperatively to form an ad hoc mesh communication network. The resulting Service Point Network is used to provide reliable address-directed communication services between devices attached by conventional means (wired or wireless) to respective Service Ports on any of the Service Points. Attached Utilizing Devices are not considered a part of the Service Point Network and need not contain any custom software or hardware related to the operations of the Service Point Network. To protect the security of network communications and the integrity of the network, the Service Points are assigned internal IP addresses and unique identifiers that need not be disclosed to the Utilizing Devices. The unique identifiers in turn are used to derive public and private encryption key pairs for each Service Point.