Inventor · Sharon, NH, US

Floyd Backes

74Patents
18h-index
20Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 16, 1990 → Jun 30, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5500860A Router using multiple hop redirect messages to enable bridge like data forwarding Electricity 149 Expired
US5018137A Transparent load sharing for parallel networks Electricity 104 Expired
US5999530A Method and apparatus for transparent intermediate system based filtering on a LAN of multicast packets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 90 Expired
US5818838A Method and apparatus for transparent intermediate system based filtering on a LAN of multicast packets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US6169741A Method and apparatus for transparent intermediate system based filtering on a LAN multicast packets Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US7505434B1 VLAN tagging in WLANs Electricity 54 Active
US5796740A Router using multiple hop redirect messages to enable bridge like data forwarding Electricity 50 Expired
US7116979B2 Wireless channel selection method and system using scanning for identifying access point Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US6058116A Interconnected trunk cluster arrangement Electricity 45 Expired
US7146166B2 Transmission channel selection program Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US5428615A Many to few group address translation through a network bridge Electricity 39 Expired
US7505751B1 Wireless mesh architecture Electricity 35 Expired
US7636576B1 System and method for determining and representing one or more potential physical locations of a newly detected wireless network device Electricity 26 Active
US5956335A Many to few group address translation through a network bridge Electricity 24 Expired
US7167696B2 Method for scanning radio frequency channels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US7076220B2 Program for scanning radio frequency channels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US7653407B2 Program for adjusting channel interference between devices in a wireless network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5949783A LAN emulation subsystems for supporting multiple virtual LANS Electricity 19 Expired
US7369858B2 Apparatus for self-adjusting power at a wireless station to reduce inter-channel interference Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US7206297B2 Method for associating access points with stations using bid techniques Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US7215661B2 Method for associating access points with stations in a wireless network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US7463732B1 Flexible data outlet Electricity 15 Expired
US7149539B2 Program for self-adjusting power at a wireless station to reduce inter-channel interference Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US7684783B1 System and method for authenticating devices in a wireless network Electricity 13 Active
US7085588B1 System and method for determining and representing one or more potential physical locations of a newly detected wireless network device Electricity 13 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.