Floyd Backes
74Patents
18h-index
20Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 16, 1990 → Jun 30, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.