Patents by Inventor Mario R. Schaffner

Mario R. Schaffner 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).

  • Patent number: 4374412
    Abstract: A computer having a programmable network assumes specialized operating configurations corresponding to the functions to be executed at each cycle. For such a computer, the program consists of the description of a Finite State Machine (FSM) that performs the desired process. The language for describing these FSMs consists of digital words formed with a grammar similar to that of spoken languages. This language is equally well suited for expressing the processes that the user has in mind and for actually controlling the computer, thus making the compiler unnecessary. The data related to each FSM are organized in the form of pages that circulates between the registers of the programmable network and a memory that configurates itself as the data, thus making the burden of addressing unnecessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1983
    Inventor: Mario R. Schaffner