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Inventor

Thomas W. Kuehnel

Inventor
Seattle, WA, US

Overview

95→
Patents
1998–2020
Patent span
Electricity
Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 95 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Wprimary
H04WWireless communication networks40%
H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication32%
G06FElectric digital data processing5%
H04BTransmission5%
Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use5%
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes3%
H04MTelephonic communication3%
H03MCoding3%
G01CMeasuring distances, levels or bearings2%
G01SRadio direction-finding2%
PatentTitleYear
10,708,856Gateway advertisement in a wireless mesh202010,681,151Notification framework for wireless networks202010,638,417Cloud-based provisioning using peer devices202010,638,522Community Wi-Fi network joined access point configuration202010,560,853Configuring captive portals with a cloud service202010,419,317Identifying and targeting devices based on network service subscriptions201910,382,305Applying sequenced instructions to connect through captive portals201910,321,515Base station initiated proximity service discovery and connection establishment201910,255,621Services advertisement in a wireless mesh201910,182,367Signaling to application lack of requested bandwidth201910,182,024Reallocating users in content sharing environments201910,129,847Transmitting location data in wireless networks201810,129,761Management of community Wi-Fi network201810,123,262Gateway advertisement in a wireless mesh201810,073,798Hardware control interface for IEEE standard 802.11201810,057,302Context-based selection of instruction sets for connecting through captive portals20189,877,250Call handoff initiation in hybrid networks20189,742,529'Orthogonal frequency division multiple access with carrier sense'20179,730,073'Network credential provisioning using audible commands'20179,713,175'Offering and provisioning secured wireless virtual private network services'20179,713,174'Connection tethering and service remoting'20179,686,650'Wireless beacon filtering and untrusted data detection'20179,652,420'Hardware control interface for IEEE standard 802.11'20179,603,028'Management of community Wi-Fi network'20179,591,483'Authentication mechanisms for wireless networks'20179,544,872'Transmitting location data in wireless networks'20179,537,889'Trusting crowdsourced data with issued tags'20179,510,251'Call handoff initiation in hybrid networks'20169,503,957'Low cost mesh network capability'20169,474,015'Gateway advertisement in a wireless mesh'20169,445,305'Low energy beacon encoding'20169,391,907'Packet aggregation'20169,386,055'Signaling to application lack of requested bandwidth'20169,369,342'Configuring captive portals with a cloud service'20169,363,795'Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access with carrier sense'20169,338,279'Mechanism for connecting a mobile device to a network'20169,326,150'Community Wi-Fi network joined access point configuration'20169,185,627'Low cost mesh network capability'20159,143,892'Wireless beacon filtering and untrusted data detection'20159,109,903'Transmitting location data in wireless networks'20159,105,031'Authentication mechanisms for wireless networks'20159,036,558'Base station initiated proximity service discovery and connection establishment'20159,031,042'Adapting a communication network to varying conditions'20159,019,945'Service-assisted network access point selection'20158,982,847'Packet aggregation'20158,976,795'Gateway advertisement in a wireless mesh'20158,971,295'Soft handoffs in networks'20158,934,389'Mechanism for connecting a mobile device to a network'20158,929,285'Simultaneous wireless support in software defined radio'20158,923,340'Signaling to application lack of requested bandwidth'20148,891,499'Computer radio with pre-defined configuration set'20148,838,473'Services advertisement in a wireless mesh'20148,819,294'Hardware control interface for IEEE standard 802.11 including transmission control interface component'20148,781,494'Crowd sourcing with robust device position determination'20148,755,739'System capability discovery for software defined radio'20148,711,817'Low cost mesh network capability'20148,681,691'Base station initiated proximity service discovery and connection establishment'20148,665,847'Service-assisted network access point selection'20148,625,532'Soft handoffs in networks'20148,559,350'Mechanism to convey discovery information in a wireless network'20138,509,265'Stack signaling to application with lack of requested bandwidth'20138,509,193'Packet aggregation'20138,478,300'Proximity service discovery in wireless networks'20138,446,320'Reliable location information for a mobile station using a non-GPS location technique'20138,396,041'Adapting a communication network to varying conditions'20138,392,560'Offering and provisioning secured wireless virtual private network services'20138,385,230'Automatic network address assignment in a wireless mesh'20138,374,130'Orthogonal frequency division multiple access with carrier sense'20138,346,974'Hardware control interface for IEEE standard 802.11'20138,265,052'Direct wireless client to client communication'20128,189,621'Stack signaling to application with lack of requested bandwidth'20128,171,534'Two-way authentication using a combined code'20128,165,044'Maintaining multiple, simultaneous wireless network connections using a single radio'20128,135,384'Policy enforcement for multi-radio transmission and reception'20128,054,779'Simultaneous wireless support in software defined radio'20117,974,574'Base station initiated proximity service discovery and connection establishment'20117,969,954'Direct wireless client to client communication'20117,920,823'System capability discovery for software defined radio'20117,814,538'Two-way authentication using a combined code'20107,809,844'International regulatory compliance for ad hoc networking'20107,735,145'Portable secure media with timed erasure'20107,716,379'Hardware control interface for IEEE standard 802.11 including transmission control interface component and a transmission status interface component'20107,634,016'Variable OFDM subchannel coding and modulation'20097,613,426'Proximity service discovery in wireless networks'20097,600,113'Secure network channel'20097,577,125'Direct wireless client to client communication'20097,552,349'User configurable power conservation through LCD display screen reduction'20097,376,235'Methods and systems for frustrating statistical attacks by injecting pseudo data into a data system'20087,286,806'Detachable radio module'20077,180,908'Switch with tandem ports and outlet assembly'20077,149,544'Detachable radio module'20067,039,712'Network connection setup procedure for traffic admission control and implicit network bandwidth reservation'20067,024,224'Detachable radio module'20065,907,542'Dynamic assignment of signalling virtual channels for wireless ATM systems'19995,787,077'Dynamic connection mapping in wireless ATM systems'1998

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1998–1999Based in Bern, CH· patent location history
2006–2019Patents assigned to MICROSOFT CORP (59)· patent assignee history
2006–2007Based in Fremont, CA, US· patent location history
2008Based in Freemont, CA, US· patent location history
2009–2020Based in Seattle, WA, US· patent location history
2012–2020Patents assigned to KUEHNEL THOMAS W (31)· patent assignee history
2012–2020Patents assigned to HASSAN AMER A (19)· patent assignee history
2012–2015Patents assigned to HUITEMA CHRISTIAN (12)· patent assignee history
2015–2020Patents assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (41)· patent assignee history
2015–2016Based in Redmond, WA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
MICROSOFT CORP592006–2019
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC412015–2020
KUEHNEL THOMAS Wself312012–2020
HASSAN AMER A192012–2020
HUITEMA CHRISTIAN122012–2015
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Seattle, Washington, US852009–2020
Fremont, California, US52006–2007
Redmond, Washington, US22015–2016
Bern, CH21998–1999
Freemont, California, US12008