Patents by Inventor Sean N. Batty

Sean N. Batty 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).

  • Early preamble transmission
    Patent number: 6650654
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of reducing latency in transmitting frames of data in a shared access media environment whereby the preamble of the next frame to be transmitted is transmitted while the data portion of the next frame to be transmitted is being retrieved. In another aspect, the early transmission of the preamble of the next frame is started no later than the time it normally takes to fetch and prepare the next frame for transmission less the time it takes to transmit the preamble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Sean N. Batty, Anthony S. Rowell