Patents by Inventor Dieter Nattkamper

Dieter Nattkamper 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).

  • ATM communication system interconnect/termination unit
    Patent number: 5726985
    Abstract: An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) digital electronic communication system includes an ATM communication system interconnection and termination unit (ATMCSI/TU). This ATMCSI/TU includes both a programmable microprocessor and several hardware-implemented coprocessors. The hardware-implemented coprocessors are under control of the microprocessor, and are dedicated to the performing of repetitive tasks. Thus, the microprocessor is freed to perform supervisory tasks in the ATM in addition to performing tasks associated with actual communication of digital data packages (i.e., CS-PDU's) in the ATM system. Thus, the APU is freed from doing repetitive data manipulation tasks, while these tasks are performed by one or more hardware-implemented coprocessors using memory mapped data structures and linked lists of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Daniel, Dieter Nattkamper, Subir Varma