Brian K Ray

US Patent:

20180367973, Dec 20, 2018

Filed:

Apr 19, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/957025

Inventors:

- Annapolis MD, US
Scott Wohler - Halethorpe MD, US
Ricardo Luna, JR. - Las Cruces NM, US
Patrick Li - Potomac MD, US
Brian Emery Ray - Annapolis MD, US

Assignee:

Link Labs, Inc. - Annapolis MD

International Classification:

H04W 4/80
H04W 48/12

Abstract:

Provided are systems and methods for reversing the conventional roles of central and peripheral devices in a BLE network. Doing so includes implementing an end node (EN) as the sole initiator of a connection between a particular EN and other components within the network. Such initiating is controllable by the network so as to effect a transfer of EN functionality among one or more of the other components. Implementation of the transfer depends on a network controlled timing determining functionality of all network components. Accordingly, the network is enabled to effect the power consumption of those components in an effort to optimize use of their respective power resources.

US Patent:

20180368206, Dec 20, 2018

Filed:

Mar 21, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/927388

Inventors:

- Annapolis MD, US
Mark Bloechl - Elkridge MD, US
Ricardo Luna, JR. - Las Cruces NM, US
Patrick Li - Potomac MD, US
Brian Emery Ray - Annapolis MD, US

Assignee:

Link Labs, Inc. - Annapolis MD

International Classification:

H04W 84/20
H04L 12/24
H04W 76/14

Abstract:

Provided are systems and methods for reversing the conventional roles of central and peripheral devices in a BLE network. Doing so includes implementing an end node (EN) as the sole initiator of a connection between a particular EN and a particular mobile access point (AP). Such implementation includes determining such connection based on a relative proximity of an EN to the mobile AP, and a relative value of the connection between an EN and the mobile AP. Accordingly, a relative location of the EN may be determined based on such proximity, and particularly in response to mobility of the AP.

US Patent:

20160218833, Jul 28, 2016

Filed:

Jan 26, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/604927

Inventors:

- Annapolis MD, US
Jeffrey Andrew KOUL - Severna Park MD, US
Allen WELKE - Columbia MD, US
Brian Emery RAY - Annapolis MD, US

Assignee:

Link Labs, LLC - Annapolis MD

International Classification:

H04L 1/16
H04L 1/18

Abstract:

A method (of operating a central node to acknowledge received messages) includes: receiving multiple data messages from multiple instances of a message-sourceable end node, respectively, each end-node-instance having an at least substantially unique identification (“ID”); and sending a dense acknowledgement message (“dense ACK”) acknowledging receipt of the data messages but not explicitly identifying any of the IDs of the corresponding end-node-instances. And a method (of operating a given instance of the end node to infer a delivery-condition at the central node of a data message sent by the given instance) including: sending a given data message including the substantially unique ID; receiving a dense ACK including a payload indicating receipt of multiple data messages but not explicitly identifying IDs of the given end-node-instance nor of other end-node-instances corresponding to the received messages, respectively; and inferring the delivery-condition based on a manipulated payload of the dense ACK.