Patents by Inventor Mario Macera

Mario Macera 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).

  • System having central processor for transmitting generic packets to another processor to be altered and transmitting altered packets back to central processor for routing
    Patent number: 5490252
    Abstract: An internetworking system for exchanging packets of information between networks, the system comprising a network interface module for connecting a network to the system, receiving packets from the network in a native packet format used by the network and converting each received native packet to a packet having a generic format common to all networks connected to the system, and converting each of the generic packets to the native packet format for transmission to the network; a communication channel for carrying the generic packets to and from the network interface module, the channel having bandwidth; a first processing module for controlling dynamic allocation and deallocation of the channel bandwidth to the network connected to the system via the network interface module; and a second processing module for receiving all of the generic packets put on the channel by the network interface module, determining a destination network interface module for each of the generic packets on the channel, determining w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Bay Networks Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Macera, William E. Jennings, Dennis Josifovich, George W. Kajos, John A. Mastroianni, Francis E. Neil, Victor Bennett, Frank J. Bruns, Gururaj Deshpande, Jeremy Greene