Patents by Inventor Frank E. Heart

Frank E. Heart 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).

  • Multiprocessor computer apparatus employing distributed communications paths and a passive task register
    Patent number: 4130865
    Abstract: Computer apparatus which employs a plurality of processing units, a memory unit, and a communication unit, each of the units including a data transfer bus. A bus coupler is provided between each pair of units of differing type to form a distributed data communications network. An addressable, passive task register is associated with one of the units for communication through the couplers and is adapted to register a task priority value associated with a task request, the register being readable by any one of the processor units to obtain the highest priority value registry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1978
    Assignee: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
    Inventors: Frank E. Heart, Severo M. Ornstein, William B. Barker, William R. Crowther