Patents by Inventor Benjamin P. Hart

Benjamin P. Hart 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: 5862344
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are presented for providing processing system network connectivity, and more particularly, for routing data packets between at least two processing system networks. A first memory for storing at least one address for each of the networks, and a second memory for storing selectively at least one address for particular ones of the networks, are provided. A control circuit for routing a received data packet from a source network to a destination network is also provided. The control circuit utilizes a destination address which was retrieved from one of the first memory and the second memory, in response to a determination as to whether at least one address corresponding to the destination network is stored in the second memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Benjamin P. Hart