Thomas Jay Billhartz
29Patents
15h-index
21Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: May 10, 2002 → Sep 7, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6901064B2 | Method and device for establishing communication links and detecting interference between mobile nodes in a communication system | Electricity | 257 | Expired |
| US6986161B2 | Mobile ad-hoc network with intrusion detection features and related methods | Electricity | 71 | Expired |
| US7082117B2 | Mobile ad-hoc network with intrusion detection features and related methods | Electricity | 58 | Expired |
| US6798761B2 | Method and device for establishing communication links and handling SP slot connection collisions in a communication system | Electricity | 52 | Expired |
| US6894985B2 | Monitoring link quality in a mobile ad hoc network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 43 | Expired |
| US7110779B2 | Wireless communications system including a wireless device locator and related methods | Electricity | 35 | Expired |
| US7027426B2 | Multi-channel mobile ad hoc network | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US7346167B2 | Secure mobile ad-hoc network and related methods | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US6954449B2 | Method and device for establishing communication links and providing reliable confirm messages in a communication system | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US7764617B2 | Mobile ad-hoc network and methods for performing functions therein based upon weighted quality of service metrics | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 23 | Active |
| US6804208B2 | Method and device for establishing communication links with parallel scheduling operations in a communication system | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US7581095B2 | Mobile-ad-hoc network including node authentication features and related methods | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US7778651B2 | Wireless network range estimation and associated methods | Electricity | 21 | Active |
| US7321777B2 | Wireless communications system including a wireless device locator and related methods | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US7304972B2 | Method and device for establishing communication links and handling unbalanced traffic loads in a communication system | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6931132B2 | Secure wireless local or metropolitan area network and related methods | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US8014526B2 | Secure wireless local or metropolitan area network and related methods | Electricity | 11 | Active |
| US7224678B2 | Wireless local or metropolitan area network with intrusion detection features and related methods | Electricity | 9 | Expired |
| US8314717B2 | Network address field for nodes within a meter reading wireless mesh network and associated system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US8203464B2 | Registration of a new node to a meter reading wireless mesh network and associated system | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8217805B2 | Address stripping in a meter reading wireless mesh network and associated system | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US7327690B2 | Wireless local or metropolitan area network with intrusion detection features and related methods | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7965743B2 | Method and system for the blind determination of frequency hopping system characteristics and synchronization thereto | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11792839B2 | Systems and methods for controlling communications based on machine learned information | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US12219597B2 | Systems and methods for controlling communications based on machine learned information | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.