Patents by Inventor Alan Saldinger

Alan Saldinger 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).

  • Scheme for merging partially filled ATM cells
    Patent number: 6870847
    Abstract: First and second partially filled ATM cells are removed from a cell stream and merged into a third ATM cell. The third ATM cell may then be inserted back into the cell stream. The third ATM cell may include header information indicative of the number of partially filled ATM cells from which it was created. To accommodate these operations, a data communication device, such as an ATM switch, is configured to identify partially filled ATM cells within an ATM cell stream. The device is also configured to merge at least two of the partially filled ATM cells into a merged ATM cell and to insert the merged ATM cell back into the ATM cell stream. Identifying partially filled ATM cells may involve use of a lookup table stored in a computer readable medium and indexable using logical connection identification information. The scheme can be used on a link-by-link basis within an ATM network or across multiple hops within such a network for combining cells traveling along a common route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Hughes, Alan Saldinger
  • SCHEME FOR MERGING PARTIALLY FILLED ATM CELLS
    Publication number: 20040120324
    Abstract: First and second partially filled ATM cells are removed from a cell stream and merged into a third ATM cell. The third ATM cell may then be inserted back into the cell stream. The third ATM cell may include header information indicative of the number of partially filled ATM cells from which it was created. To accommodate these operations, a data communication device, such as an ATM switch, includes means for identifying partially filled ATM cells within an ATM cell stream. The device also includes means for merging at least two of the partially filled ATM cells into a merged ATM cell and means for inserting the merged ATM cell back into the ATM cell stream. The means for identifying partially filled ATM cells may comprise a lookup table stored in a computer readable medium and indexable using logical connection identification information. The scheme can be used on a link-by-link basis within an ATM network or across multiple hops within such a network for combining cells traveling along a common route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: DAVID A. HUGHES, ALAN SALDINGER
  • Distributed intelligence network using time and frequency multiplexing
    Patent number: 5487066
    Abstract: A distributed intelligence network using time and frequency domain multiplexing. On power-up, each node determines its skew and requests downloading of program code and configuration data. A node claims timeslots by transmitting a packet into an apparently empty timeslot and verifying receipt of its own packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: First Pacific Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. McNamara, Alan Saldinger, Robert J. Cringle, Gigi C. Chu, Shanubhog G. Sangameswara, Peterpaul Vita, Michael M. Ouye, David R. F. Stevens, Celeste Baranski, Cai U. Monsson, Timothy P. Murphy, Kevin T. Murphy, Gary M. Ellis, Ranjit Ghate