Patents by Inventor Ross E. Roberts

Ross E. Roberts 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).

  • Multi-token, multi-channel single bus network
    Patent number: 4602365
    Abstract: A token-passing ring network, having a plurality of nodes connected to a bus loop, employs multiplexing circuitry for connecting each node to the bus on at least one of a plurality of simultaneously operating bus channels. Each bus channel operates independently of each other bus channel and each channel has associated therewith, its own token. The multiple channels are arranged on a single transmission medium and an amplitude multiplexing receiver and transmitter circuitry provide the plurality of channels on the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Prime Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. White, Ross E. Roberts