Inventor

George H. Flammer, III

Inventor

Cupertino, CA, US

Overview

1990–2021

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 70 as inventor

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

H04Wprimary

H04WWireless communication networks25%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication24%

Y04SSystems integrating technologies related to power network operation, communication or information technologies for improving the electrical power generation, transmission, distribution, management or usage, i.e. smart grids9%

H04BTransmission8%

G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable5%

Y02BClimate change mitigation technologies related to buildings, e.g. housing, house appliances or related end-user applications4%

G01RMeasuring electric variables4%

G06FElectric digital data processing4%

H02JElectric power networks4%

Y02DClimate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use4%

PatentTitleYear

10,962,578Distributed smart grid processing2021 10,917,889Techniques for managing heterogenous nodes configured to support a homogeneous communication protocol2021 10,897,763Techniques for managing heterogenous nodes configured to support a homogeneous communication protocol2021 10,809,288Distributed smart grid processing2020 10,598,709Distributed smart grid processing2020 10,390,366System and method for optimal listen before transmit in wireless communications2019 10,326,616Techniques for routing from an endpoint with simultaneous associations to multiple networks2019 10,313,447Collaborative sensor network2019 10,151,782Distributed smart grid processing2018 10,134,266Dual mode smart grid meter2018 10,128,900System and method for multi-channel frequency hopping spread spectrum communication2018 10,096,246Using lighting and other streetside devices to indicate parking space availability and navigation information2018 9,983,242Power grid topology discovery via time correlation of passive measurement events2018 9,866,460'System and method for convergence and automatic disabling of access points in a wireless mesh network'2018 9,838,902Multi-channel mesh nodes employing stacked responses2017 9,807,733'Transceiver hopping communications system'2017 9,791,485'Determining electric grid topology via a zero crossing technique'2017 9,743,337'Meshed networking of access points in a utility network'2017 9,727,760'System and method for communication between RFID interrogators'2017 9,722,814'Techniques for routing from an endpoint with simultaneous associations to multiple networks'2017 9,689,710'Power outage notification and determination'2017 9,584,179'System and method for multi-channel frequency hopping spread spectrum communication'2017 9,485,629'Confirmed link level broadcast using parallel receivers'2016 9,445,289'System and method for convergence and automatic disabling of access points in a wireless mesh network'2016 9,307,558'System and method for optimal listen before transmit in wireless communications'2016 9,288,712'Multi-channel mesh nodes employing stacked responses'2016 9,214,836'Power grid topology discovery via time correlation of passive measurement events'2015 9,178,716'Method and system of providing IP-based packet communications in a utility network'2015 9,173,111'System and method for convergence and automatic disabling of access points in a wireless mesh network'2015 9,118,402'System and method for multi-channel frequency hopping spread spectrum communication'2015 9,025,584'Multi-channel mesh nodes employing stacked responses'2015 8,892,774'Method and system of providing IP-based packet communications in a utility network'2014 8,819,279'Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility services'2014 8,774,707'Utility grid wireless node with powered emergency device'2014 8,619,805'System and method for optimal listen before transmit in wireless communications'2013 8,606,258'System and method for integrated metrology within a femtocell access point'2013 8,515,433'Load management in wireless mesh communications networks'2013 8,429,295'Method and system of providing IP-based packet communications in a utility network'2013 8,396,987'Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility services'2013 8,364,846'Method and system of providing IP-based packet communications with in-premisis devices in a utility network'2013 8,325,060'Transparent routing in a power line carrier network'2012 8,306,090'Power line communication using frequency hopping'2012 8,279,870'Method and system of routing in a utility smart-grid network'2012 8,233,905'Load management in wireless mesh communications networks'2012 8,189,577'Network utilities in wireless mesh communications networks'2012 8,161,191'Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility services'2012 8,130,700'Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility services'2012 8,072,951'Method and system for providing routing protocols in a frequency hopping spread spectrum network'2011 7,969,889'Route and link evaluation in wireless mesh communications networks'2011 7,961,740'Method and system of routing in a utility smart-grid network'2011 7,940,669'Route and link evaluation in wireless mesh communications networks'2011 7,769,888'Method and system for providing network and routing protocols for utility services'2010 7,498,873'Wide-lane pseudorange measurements using FM signals'2009 6,999,441'Method and apparatus for contention management in a radio-based packet network'2006 6,480,497'Method and apparatus for maximizing data throughput in a packet radio mesh network'2002 6,298,053'Method and apparatus for connection handoff between connected radios'2001 5,903,566'Method for distributing program code to intelligent nodes in a wireless mesh data communication network'1999 5,570,084'Method of loose source routing over disparate network types in a packet communication network'1996 5,515,369'Method for frequency sharing and frequency punchout in frequency hopping communications network'1996 5,488,608'Method and system for routing packets in a packet communication network using locally constructed routing tables'1996 5,479,400'Transceiver sharing between access and backhaul in a wireless digital communication system'1995 5,471,469'Method of resolving media contention in radio communication links'1995 5,465,398'Automatic power level control of a packet communication link'1995 5,453,977'Method for network configuration via third party query'1995 5,400,338'Parasitic adoption of coordinate-based addressing by roaming node'1995 5,130,987'Method for synchronizing a wide area network without global synchronizing'1992 5,115,433'Method and system for routing packets in a packet communication network'1992 5,079,768'Method for frequency sharing in frequency hopping communications network'1992 5,007,052'Method for routing packets by squelched flooding'1991 4,939,726'Method for routing packets in a packet communication network'1990

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1990–2001Patents assigned to METRICOM INC (15)· patent assignee history

1990–1991Based in San Jose, CA, US· patent location history

1992–2021Based in Cupertino, CA, US· patent location history

2010–2021Patents assigned to SILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC (50)· patent assignee history

2011–2013Patents assigned to VASWANI RAJ (10)· patent assignee history

2012–2017Patents assigned to FLAMMER III GEORGE (9)· patent assignee history

2018–2021Patents assigned to ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS INC (12)· patent assignee history

2018–2021Based in Redwood City, CA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
SILVER SPRING NETWORKS INC	50	2010–2021
METRICOM INC	15	1990–2001
ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS INC	12	2018–2021
VASWANI RAJ	10	2011–2013
FLAMMER III GEORGEself	9	2012–2017

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Cupertino, California, US	66	1992–2021
Redwood City, California, US	2	2018–2021
San Jose, California, US	2	1990–1991