Patents by Inventor Michael William Fogle

Michael William Fogle 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).

  • Systems and methods for prioritized access in a contention based network
    Patent number: 6813260
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide prioritized access to a shared communication medium which utilizes a contention based access arbitration mechanism and a contention-free arbitration mechanism. A first time duration during which the communication medium must be idle for a station to access the communication medium is associated with the contention based mechanism and a second time duration during which the communication medium must be idle to access the communication medium is associated with the contention-free mechanism. The first time duration is greater than the second time duration. Priority access to the shared communication may be provided by determining a priority time duration between the second time duration and the first time duration and accessing the shared communication medium if the shared communication medium is idle for the priority time duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventor: Michael William Fogle