Patents by Inventor Daniel William Konz

Daniel William Konz 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).

  • Systems and methods for establishing peer-to-peer communications between network devices communicating via a common bus
    Patent number: 7082485
    Abstract: A system for establishing peer-to-peer communications via a network bus comprises a bus controller and at least one peer-to-peer grouping including a source device and at least one receiving device, all of which are in electrical communication with the network bus. The bus controller controls communications on the network bus and can transmit onto the network bus an express command, which is associated with the source device of one of the groupings and identifies data on the respective source device. The source device of a respective grouping is capable of receiving a transmitted express command, and the receiving devices of the respective grouping are capable of detecting the transmitted express command. Upon receipt, the source device is capable reading the data identified by the respective express command onto the network bus, and thereafter the receiving devices of the respective grouping are capable of automatically writing data from the network bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Philip John Ellerbrock, Robert Leeman Grant, Daniel William Konz, Joseph P. Winkelmann, Jr.
  • Systems and methods for establishing peer-to-peer communications between network devices communicating via a common bus
    Publication number: 20040019725
    Abstract: A system for establishing peer-to-peer communications via a network bus comprises a bus controller and at least one peer-to-peer grouping including a source device and at least one receiving device, all of which are in electrical communication with the network bus. The bus controller controls communications on the network bus and can transmit onto the network bus an express command, which is associated with the source device of one of the groupings and identifies data on the respective source device. The source device of a respective grouping is capable of receiving a transmitted express command, and the receiving devices of the respective grouping are capable of detecting the transmitted express command. Upon receipt, the source device is capable reading the data identified by the respective express command onto the network bus, and thereafter the receiving devices of the respective grouping are capable of automatically writing data from the network bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Philip John Ellerbrock, Robert Leeman Grant, Daniel William Konz, Joseph P. Winkelmann