Patents by Inventor Robert Heflin Frantz

Robert Heflin Frantz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6279096
    Abstract: The inventive system and method provides a processing resource which performs bit reversing and Boolean algebraic operations. These operations are commonly needed by discrete transform algorithms to reorder data samples. By selectively remapping the address bus, a series of non-linear accesses to the data memory are converted to linear accesses. Another use of the invention to pack floating point numbers in memory is also disclosed. An embodiment using an in-circuit reprogrammable logic device is disclosed which allows processing software to dynamically reconfigure the mapping logic and rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Intelect Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: James Kevin McCoy, Robert Heflin Frantz
  • Patent number: 6167043
    Abstract: By coupling the functionality of an Internet Telephony function in a personal computer, an Internet Voice Gateway, and a small-office/home-office (SOHO) private branch exchange (PBX), and through inventive coordination of the functions of these units, a SOHO telecommunications system and method are realized which allow use of PBX extension telephones while all PBX outbound telephone lines are occupied by Internet data communications sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Intelect Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Heflin Frantz