Patents by Inventor Kevin R. Driscoll

Kevin R. Driscoll 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).

  • Slotted arbitration without time jitter in a table driven protocol
    Patent number: 5343474
    Abstract: A media access protocol provides a fixed frame length and limited arbitration among certain predetermined users by providing limited arbitration during certain fixed time slots of a table driven proportional access system. For the remaining fixed time slots, only one user per fixed time slot is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin R. Driscoll
  • Apparatus and method for fault detection on redundant signal lines via encryption
    Patent number: 5307409
    Abstract: A fault detection apparatus and method combines each of a plurality of redundant digital data signals with a unique key signal for transmission over one of a plurality of signal lines and recombines each with its unique key signal at a receiving end. The recombined signals are then compared at the receiving end to detect certain faults between or among the plurality of what should be identical received signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc
    Inventor: Kevin R. Driscoll