US 9667337

Analysis of U.S. Patent 9,667,337

Date of Analysis: April 26, 2026

This report provides a concise summary of United States Patent 9,667,337, including its key bibliographic information and a plain-language overview of its independent claims.

Bibliographic Information:

• Title: Intelligent broadband relay for wireless networks for connectivity to mobile or portable devices
• Assignee: At the time of this report, the assignee of record is Massively Broadband LLC.
• Inventors: Theodore S. Rappaport
• Filing Date: November 13, 2014
• Issue Date: May 30, 2017
• Abstract: An ultrawideband radio transceiver/repeater provides a low cost infrastructure solution that merges wireless and wired network devices while providing connection to the plant, flexible repeater capabilities, network security, traffic monitoring and provisioning, and traffic flow control for wired and wireless connectivity of devices or networks. The ultrawidebande radio transceiver/repeater can be implemented in discrete, integrated, distributed or embedded forms.

Litigation Status:

A search of the public dockets for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) for the year 2026 was conducted. As of the date of this report, there is no definitive information available to confirm whether US patent 9,667,337 will be the subject of any litigation before the CAFC in 2026. Publicly available dockets for future proceedings are not typically available in such a specific format this far in advance.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

This patent contains one independent claim. Below is a simplified explanation of its scope.

• Claim 1: This claim describes a method for a wireless relay device to manage data traffic in a network. The core of the invention is the relay's ability to receive data, analyze it to determine the type of application it belongs to (e.g., video streaming, email), and then prioritize the retransmission of that data based on its application type. The relay device makes this prioritization decision based on pre-set instructions. This allows the network to handle different types of data more efficiently, for instance, by giving higher priority to delay-sensitive applications like video calls over less critical data transfers.