Patents by Inventor Ping-Sung Kuan

Ping-Sung Kuan 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).

  • Intelligent apparatus for sharing a user I/O interface among all intelligent modules thereof
    Patent number: 6754730
    Abstract: An intelligent apparatus comprises a master module and a plurality of slave modules each having a CPU, a control circuit and an associated software, wherein each of the slave modules is in communication with the master module, and the CPU of the master module may control the CPUs of the slave modules respectively to form a single system. When the master module detects that a monitoring device coupled to a single user I/O interface installed in the apparatus is performing network monitoring and management with respect to a certain module, the CPU of the master module may transfer an access right of the user I/O interface to the certain module by closing or opening switches installed in the master modules enabling the certain module to receive the access signal from the user I/O interface by closing a switch thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: D-Link Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Sung Kuan, Wei-Hung Tsai
  • Intelligent apparatus for sharing a user I/O interface among all intelligent modules thereof
    Publication number: 20030196017
    Abstract: An intelligent apparatus comprises a master module and a plurality of slave modules each having a CPU, a control circuit and an associated software, wherein each of the slave modules is in communication with the master module, and the CPU of the master module may control the CPUs of the slave modules respectively to form a single system. When the master module detects that a monitoring device coupled to a single user I/O interface installed in the apparatus is performing network monitoring and management with respect to a certain module, the CPU of the master module may transfer an access right of the user I/O interface to the certain module by closing or opening switches installed in the master modules enabling the certain module to receive the access signal from the user I/O interface by closing a switch thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: D-Link Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Sung Kuan, Wei-Hung Tsai