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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:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Scott Budge, Logan, UT (US);
Yutao Han, Logan, UT (US);
Inventors:
Scott Budge, Logan, UT (US);
Yutao Han, Logan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Utah State University, Logan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multi-endpoint communication system comprising communication nodes linked in a tree structure by unicast connections includes a server to receive a request from a new communication node to join the tree structure. The system further includes a node selector to identify one of the plurality of communication nodes that is likely to be in a same local area network as the new communication node. In addition, the system includes a node linker to connect the new communication node to the identified communication node within the tree structure.