Patents
US 10873791 B1: Compression method for resource constrained local area networks
- Granted
- 2020-12-22
- Filed
- 2019-07-29 application 16524949
- Type
- Utility · 10 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A compression method for resource constrained local area networks (LANs) of an Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) reduces the volume of raw data sent from “Things” to connection points on the LAN. Applications include industrial processes, and typically include multiple sensor nodes. Sensors on machines wirelessly send data to a base station using a wireless LAN. A computer or server in communication with the wireless LAN computes the health of a machine based on the data received. The method operates by taking advantage of unique similarities between sequential groups of certain types of data that can be sent on the LAN. Mathematical operations are performed on the baseline and subsequent data sets to determine similarities. A difference is taken between the baseline and subsequent data sets, and this difference is compressed and sent to the base station where the original data is reconstructed using the baseline data and uncompressed difference data.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg201222.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 36 patents | US company or organization | State College, PA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Carl | State College, PA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jacob J. Loverich | State College, PA | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04Q | Selecting | H04Q9/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H03M | Coding; decoding; code conversion in general | H03M7/30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-26 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2025-08-26 | WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK, AS AGENT PHOENIX, AZ | 72121/262 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2019-07-29 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CARL, CHRISTOPHER signed 2019-07-29 LOVERICH, JACOB signed 2019-07-29 | KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. STATE COLLEGE, PA | 49890/394 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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