Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Probert, Jr.

Geoffrey Probert, Jr. 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 controlling a multiprocessor system
    Patent number: 4034347
    Abstract: A multiprocessor system having a computer poller and a memory poller for controlling information transfer over a time multiplex bus between a plurality of computers and an interleaved memory comprising a plurality of sections. Each poller comprises a counter and a clock so that as the counter is incremented by the clock, each computer or memory section, respectively, is sequentially interrogated to determine whether or not it requires access to a memory or computer, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventor: Geoffrey Probert, Jr.