Patents by Inventor Andrew M. MacKay

Andrew M. MacKay 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).

  • Interface having receive and transmit message label memories for providing communication between a host computer and a bus
    Patent number: 5617544
    Abstract: An interface between a host and a bus includes label generator and a memory. The label generator responds to bus label signals from the bus, for providing label signals. The memory responds to bus signals from the bus, for providing memory host signals to the bus. The memory further reponds to the label signals from the label generator for storing the label signals as label memory signals. The memory further responds to host signals from the host, either for providing memory bus signals to the host when the host reads memory bus information from the memory, or for providing said label memory signals to the host when the host reads label memory information from the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Bhalchandra R. Tulpule, Steven A. Avritch, Geoffrey T. Blackwell, Andrew M. MacKay