Patents by Inventor Erik Paul Trounce

Erik Paul Trounce 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).

  • Method and apparatus for communicating data between first and second pairs of transceivers communicating on a common communications link
    Patent number: 6751232
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for combining data from first and second separate data transceivers onto a common data link. The method involves transceiving data at the first data transceiver using the common communications link, at regular intervals of time, and monitoring the common communications link to identify idle periods during which data associated with the first data transceiver is not present. The second data transceiver is synchronized with a corresponding transceiver in communication with the common communications link and communications are established between the second data transceiver and the corresponding transceiver, during the idle periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Douglas Harold Patterson, Allan Bogdan Isfan, Erik Paul Trounce