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Sterling Hughes
Also filed as: HUGHES STERLING
44 granted patents·4 pending applications·410 citations·filing 2007–2017
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48 records- 0198US8233905B2Load management in wireless mesh communications networksVASWANI RAJ·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 31, 2012·182 cites·9 claims
- 0294US8515433B2Load management in wireless mesh communications networksVASWANI RAJ·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 20, 2013·24 cites·12 claims
- 0394US7853417B2Methods and system for utility network outage detectionSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 14, 2010·26 cites·104 claims
- 0492US8189577B2Network utilities in wireless mesh communications networksVASWANI RAJ·Filed 2008·Granted May 29, 2012·26 cites·14 claims
- 0591US7769888B2Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility servicesSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 3, 2010·21 cites·39 claims
- 0688US7940669B2Route and link evaluation in wireless mesh communications networksSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2008·Granted May 10, 2011·13 cites·16 claims
- 0787US9439145B2Approach for extended battery life network nodesSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 6, 2016·7 cites·19 claims
- 0887US9173111B2System and method for convergence and automatic disabling of access points in a wireless mesh networkPACE JAMES·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 27, 2015·10 cites·23 claims
- 0985US9658081B2Methods and system for utility network outage detectionVASWANI RAJ·Filed 2010·Granted May 23, 2017·10 cites·23 claims
- 1085US7894481B2Methods and systems for dynamic fragmentation of packets by communication network nodesSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 22, 2011·13 cites·37 claims
- 1183US8755303B2Powerline carrier zero-crossing transformer mapping with asymmetric RF return pathHUGHES STERLING·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 17, 2014·10 cites·30 claims
- 1282US9182275B2Distributing light intensity readings in a wireless meshSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 10, 2015·5 cites·20 claims
- 1381US8072951B2Method and system for providing routing protocols in a frequency hopping spread spectrum networkFLAMMER GEORGE·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 6, 2011·10 cites·40 claims
- 1478US8161191B2Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility servicesFLAMMER GEORGE·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 17, 2012·4 cites·39 claims
- 1577US8130700B2Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility servicesFLAMMER GEORGE·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 6, 2012·8 cites·31 claims
- 1675US8532149B2Updating routing and outage information in a communications networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 10, 2013·3 cites·20 claims
- 1775US7969889B2Route and link evaluation in wireless mesh communications networksSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 28, 2011·3 cites·18 claims
- 1874US8285862B2Multi-protocol network registration and address resolutionPACE JAMES·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 9, 2012·4 cites·21 claims
- 1972US8442092B2Creation and use of unique hopping sequences in a frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) wireless communications networkSAN FILIPPO III WILLIAM·Filed 2007·Granted May 14, 2013·6 cites·35 claims
- 2072US8311063B2Updating routing and outage information in a communications networkVAN GREUNEN JANA·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 13, 2012·4 cites·19 claims
- 2171US8316136B2Multi-protocol network registration and address resolutionHUGHES STERLING·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 20, 2012·4 cites·17 claims
- 2266US9800467B2Technique for changing the operating state of a node within a networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 24, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 2366US9689710B2Power outage notification and determinationSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 27, 2017·2 cites·4 claims
- 2465US8396987B2Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility servicesFLAMMER GEORGE·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 12, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 2565US7961741B2Rapid dissemination of bulk information to widely dispersed network nodesSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 14, 2011·4 cites·13 claims
- 2664US7839899B2Method and system of updating routing information in a communications networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 23, 2010·2 cites·26 claims
- 2762US8406133B2System and method of regulating a packet rate to optimize traffic in a networkYEUNG WILSON CHUEN YEW·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 26, 2013·4 cites·17 claims
- 2859US8902732B2System and method for managing access point failover within a wireless mesh networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 2, 2014·1 cites·20 claims
- 2957US8213357B2Static addressing of devices in a dynamically routed networkHUGHES STERLING·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 3, 2012·1 cites·35 claims
- 3056US9866460B2System and method for convergence and automatic disabling of access points in a wireless mesh networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 9, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3156US8467370B2Beaconing techniques in frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) wireless mesh networksVAN GREUNEN JANA·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 18, 2013·1 cites·10 claims
- 3255US10348513B2System and method for broadcasting messages to nodes within a wireless mesh networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 9, 2019·0 cites·24 claims
- 3354US9801128B2Approach for extended battery life network nodesSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 24, 2017·0 cites·23 claims
- 3454US9451592B2System and method for broadcasting messages to nodes within a wireless mesh networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 20, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 3554US8819279B2Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility servicesSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 26, 2014·0 cites·23 claims
- 3653US9615426B2Distributing light intensity readings in a wireless meshSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 4, 2017·0 cites·20 claims
- 3752US8873518B2System and method for broadcasting messages to nodes within a wireless mesh networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 28, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
- 3851US9276813B2Technique for changing the operating state of a node within a networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 1, 2016·0 cites·19 claims
- 3950US8935412B2Multi-protocol network registration and address resolutionSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 13, 2015·0 cites·31 claims
- 4047US2009310511A1Methods and systems for dynamically configuring and managing communication network nodes at the mac sublayerSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4147US2009003356A1Node discovery and culling in wireless mesh communications networksSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4244US9774466B2System and method for broadcasting messages to nodes within a wireless mesh networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 26, 2017·0 cites·21 claims
- 4344US9106567B2System and method for setting a path to an access point across a wireless mesh networkHUGHES STERLING·Filed 2011·Granted Aug 11, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 4444US8917680B2System and method for reserving channels for high priority packetsHUGHES STERLING·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 23, 2014·0 cites·24 claims
- 4543US9226219B2System and method for route learning and auto-configurationHUGHES STERLING·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 29, 2015·0 cites·23 claims
- 4643US9030951B2System and method for improving network convergence via adaptive routing techniquesHUGHES STERLING·Filed 2011·Granted May 12, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
- 4738US2013163425A1System and method for managing beacon traffic within a network systemHUGHES STERLING·Filed 2011·Application pending·0 cites
- 4835US2007257813A1Secure network bootstrap of devices in an automatic meter reading networkSILVER SPRING NETWORKS·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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