Patents by Inventor Kenneth Wayne Hines

Kenneth Wayne Hines 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).

  • Packet switch with centralized buffering for many output channels
    Patent number: 5663961
    Abstract: A communication network (10) includes packet switching nodes (18) in which packets from high speed data links (20, 22) are switched onto a multiplicity of low speed data links (26). Each node (18) includes a bulk RAM (30) which has a section (32) dedicated to implementing a multiplicity of logically independent FIFO buffers. A routing controller (46) controls DMA transfers of packets into and out from appropriate FIFO buffers. Packets are transferred into respective FIFO buffers consecutively and transferred out from respective FIFO buffers interleaved together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Albert McRoberts, deceased, Kenneth Wayne Hines, Karl Eric Miller, Gary James Lang