Patents
US 12519599 B2: Group acknowledgement message efficiency
- Granted
- 2026-01-06
- Filed
- 2023-06-26 application 18341604
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract
Techniques for acknowledging communications from multiple devices are described herein. For example, a device may broadcast a group acknowledgement message indicating that communications from multiple devices have been received by the device. Each acknowledgement in the group acknowledgement message may include a device identifier for a device that sent a communication (e.g., a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of the device, a hash of the MAC address of the device, etc.) and a communication identifier for the communication (e.g., a sequence number of the communication, a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) code for the communication, etc.).
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 (ipgb20260106.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itron, Inc. 476 patents | US company or organization | Liberty Lake, WA | ITRON, INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state ITRON, INC. SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Uhling | Spokane Valley, WA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 | ||
| Keith Barnes | Waseca, MN | 50 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L5/0055 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
| H04W | Wireless communication networks | H04W52/0209 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
| Y02D | Climate change mitigation technologies in information and communication technologies [ict], i.e. information and communication technologies aiming at the reduction of their own energy use | Y02D30/70 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-15 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ITRON, INC. signed 2025-09-12 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTE, NC | 72870/873 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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