Patents by Inventor Rosemary V. Slager

Rosemary V. Slager 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 system for enhancing communications efficiency in data communications networks wherein broadcast occurs
    Patent number: 6198747
    Abstract: Provided are a method and system for use within at least one network wherein broadcast occurs. The method and system achieve their objects as follows. In response to reception of a data frame with at least one destination indicator ordinarily requiring broadcast to a first defined group of stations, at least one attribute of the received data frame is examined. In response to the step of examining, the received data frame is transmitted to a defined second group of stations, smaller in number than the first group of stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian N. Bingham, Jackie Jackson, Jr., Rosemary V. Slager, Deepak Vig, Charles A. Carriker, Cedell A. Alexander, John Kevin Frick, Edward J. Rovner, Matthew B. Squire