Patents by Inventor Franz-Josef Goetz

Franz-Josef Goetz 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 system for coupling data networks
    Publication number: 20020131452
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting data by means of a first data network 1 having first means for transmitting data in at least one first transmission cycle, the first transmission cycle being subdivided into a first area 4 for transmitting real-time-critical data and a second area 5 for transmitting non-real-time-critical data, and by means of a second data network 2 having second means for transmitting data in at least one second transmission cycle, the second transmission cycle being subdivided into a third area 7 for transmitting real-time-critical data and into a fourth area 8 for transmitting non-real-time-critical data, and with a switching unit 13 for transmitting real-time-critical data of the first area into the third area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Dieter Bruckner, Michael Franke, Franz-Josef Goetz, Martin Kiesel, Dieter Klotz, Jurgen Schimmer