Wayne Eugene King

US Patent:

7558528, Jul 7, 2009

Filed:

Jul 31, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/631634

Inventors:

Wayne G. King - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04B 3/36

US Classification:

455 7, 455 121, 455 111, 455 133, 455 10, 375315, 375319, 375389

Abstract:

A translating bi-directional packet repeater includes a first antenna and a second antenna for receiving a wireless signal, amplifying it, and retransmitting it on a different channel. The channel associated with each of the antennas is separated in frequency sufficiently to ensure good isolation between the wireless signals that are received and then retransmitted. The wireless signal is down converted to an intermediate frequency (IF) that is passed through a band pass filter, and the filtered signal is then up converted and retransmitted on the different channel. A controller responds to a wireless signal on one of the antennas in selecting a path through the bi-directional amplifier and the antennas used to receive and retransmit the signal. The isolation between the received wireless signal and the retransmitted wireless signal is sufficient to avoid interference, and the retransmission takes place almost instantaneously to minimize the delay incurred.

US Patent:

7936872, May 3, 2011

Filed:

Sep 30, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/677125

Inventors:

John C. Krumm - Redmond WA, US
Susan D. Woolf - Seattle WA, US
Roland Fernandez - Woodinville WA, US
David J. Marsh - Sammamish WA, US
Albert D. Jee - Sammamish WA, US
Wayne G. King - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04K 1/10

US Classification:

380 34, 380270, 380247, 4554561, 455424, 370913, 709224

Abstract:

A system and method in a wireless network for discovering which resources (e. g. , other wireless computing devices) are proximate a user's wireless computing device. Wireless signal strengths with respect to various base stations are compared with the signal strengths of other network devices or resources, to determine which devices are experiencing similar signal strengths. Devices with similar signal strengths are deemed proximate. Each participating computing device may send its signal strength reports to a proximity server, which distributes proximity data to network clients. Each client may receive and process the signal strength data for determining which other clients/resources are proximate, or the server can perform proximity computations and return a list of proximate clients. Once computed, the identities of the proximate clients can be used to query for additional data about the clients, such as the names and other details of their owners, or information about the resource.

US Patent:

8085701, Dec 27, 2011

Filed:

Feb 18, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/372754

Inventors:

Wayne G. King - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04J 3/08

US Classification:

370315, 370226, 370242, 370316

Abstract:

A translating bi-directional packet repeater includes a first antenna and a second antenna for receiving a wireless signal, amplifying it, and retransmitting it on a different channel. The channel associated with each of the antennas is separated in frequency sufficiently to ensure good isolation between the wireless signals that are received and then retransmitted. The wireless signal is down converted to an intermediate frequency (IF) that is passed through a band pass filter, and the filtered signal is then up converted and retransmitted on the different channel. A controller responds to a wireless signal on one of the antennas in selecting a path through the bi-directional amplifier and the antennas used to receive and retransmit the signal. The isolation between the received wireless signal and the retransmitted wireless signal is sufficient to avoid interference, and the retransmission takes place almost instantaneously to minimize the delay incurred.

US Patent:

20050270977, Dec 8, 2005

Filed:

Jun 7, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/861573

Inventors:

Wayne King - Kirkland WA, US
Thomas Kuehnel - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L001/00

US Classification:

370235000

Abstract:

Methods and apparatuses are provided for using a single transmit queue to transmit a plurality of access categories in an IEEE 802.11 system. To use a single transmit queue, conventional frame descriptors that are used to pass data frames between the wireless NIC and the host are modified to include access parameters for the packets that are associated with the frame descriptors. This allows transmission hardware to dynamically change how each packet is transmitted. For example, the contention policies may be implemented on a packet-by-packet basis, even from a single transmit queue. Also, packets of various access categories into appropriate positions within the single transmit queue.

Author:

Wayne E. King

ISBN #:

0785414193

Author:

Wayne E. King

ISBN #:

0785422129

Author:

Wayne E. King

ISBN #:

0785422153

Author:

Wayne E. King

ISBN #:

0866019154

Author:

Wayne King

ISBN #:

0207190135

Author:

Wayne King

ISBN #:

0785414207

Author:

Wayne King

ISBN #:

0785425292