Patents by Inventor Michael P. Pries

Michael P. Pries 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).

  • Method and apparatus for voice intranet repeater and range extension
    Patent number: 6118769
    Abstract: In a digital communications system for transmitting and receiving digital data over a CSMA-type network having a source for transmitting a source signal comprising a synchronization interval and a data interval and at least one receiver for receiving a second signal having a second synchronization interval and a second data interval corresponding to the data interval of the source signal, comprising: receiver means responsive to the source signal for synchronizing the source within the synchronization interval and providing a retransmit request signal indicative of the source signal; transmitter means responsive to the retransmit request signal for synchronizing at least one receiver within one CSMA time interval delay of the synchronization interval and for transmitting the second data interval to the at least one receiver within one CSMA time interval delay of the source data interval; and interface means for synchronizing the receiver means with the transmitter means to enable data transmission therebetwee
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Pries, Richard A. Kwolek, Walter D. Slack