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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2008
Thomas A. Brown, Iii, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Adam M. Blair, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark L. Johnson, Poway, CA (US);
Thomas R. Halford, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Thomas A. Brown, III, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Adam M. Blair, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark L. Johnson, Poway, CA (US);
Thomas R. Halford, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
TrellisWare Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is presented for establishing relayed communications involving (1) sending a request message from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of intermediate nodes, (2) receiving the request message at the destination node, and (3) sending an acceptance message from the destination node to the source node through at least a subset of the intermediate nodes, wherein an intermediate node relays the request or acceptance message by receiving the message and re-transmitting the message, and wherein the intermediate node is capable of receiving the message from more than one other intermediate node.