Patents by Inventor John Ronald Tingley

John Ronald Tingley 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).

  • Multipoint polling technique
    Patent number: 4100533
    Abstract: A multipoint polling system wherein a multipoint switch selectively connects a plurality of remote terminals to a central station in response to remote terminal addresses transmitted on a signaling path to the multipoint switch. Polling apparatus stores portions of a remote terminal address list provided by the central station and transmits individual ones of the stored remote terminal addresses on to the signaling path. The polling apparatus periodically requests different portions of the remote terminal address list and replaces the stored remote terminal address portion with the requested remote terminal address portion.The multipoint switch is advantageously comprised of a plurality of sections with each section of the switch responsive to a portion of the address list for establishing a signaling path between the central station and selected ones of the remote terminals defined by the address list portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Orlando Napolitano, Robert Edward Reid, Burton R. Saltzberg, Nathan Harold Stochel, John Ronald Tingley