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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:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sherman L. Gavette, Camas, WA (US);
Inventors:
Deepak Ayyagari, Vancouver, WA (US);
Sherman L. Gavette, Camas, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The embodiments of the present invention provide methods, devices, and systems enabling a central coordinator to manage hidden stations via a proxy central coordinator, where a hidden station is discovered based on beacons and made known to other networked devices via transmitted lists.