Patents by Inventor Serge Fran.cedilla.ois Fourcand

Serge Fran.cedilla.ois Fourcand 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).

  • System and apparatus for telecommunications bus control
    Patent number: 5970072
    Abstract: A data bus controller is provided. The data bus controller comprises an ingress interface that receives single data streams of encoded data. A multiplexer is connected to the ingress interface and combines the single data streams into a broadcast data stream of encoded data. An egress interface connected to the multiplexer transmits the broadcast data stream. An arbiter is connected to the multiplexer. The arbiter generates control data for controlling the multiplexing of the single data streams and transmits control data to the multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Scott Gammenthaler, Jr., Bracey James Blackburn, Donald Barton Hay, Thomas Edward Cooper, Serge Fran.cedilla.ois Fourcand, Long Van Vo