Patents by Inventor Reiner Bühler

Reiner Bühler 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 of operating a data transmission system
    Patent number: 6192036
    Abstract: A method for operating a data transmission system with a plurality of stations connected over a common bus, only one of which has access rights to the bus at a given time and controls the data transmission over the bus with call messages addressed to several stations simultaneously. The response times of the called stations are determined. The called stations are parameterized so that they acknowledge and respond to the call message with response messages in the order of their response times. The method is used in field buses in automation technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Reiner Bühler, Udo Döbrich