Patents by Inventor Thomas Abeln

Thomas Abeln 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 apparatus for transferring information from an information source to information receivers
    Patent number: 6477175
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for supplying the receivers with information in successive steps. The source supplies the first receiver with the information in a first step and supplies a second receiver in a second step whilst the first receiver simultaneously supplies the information to a third receiver. In further steps the source and already supplied receivers each supply a further receiver with the information until all receivers to be supplied have received the information. ADVANTAGE—Enables transfer of large quantities of program code and data from central station to several interconnected decentral stations, in very short time and with optimal use of transmission capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens Schweiz
    Inventors: Thomas Abeln, Matthias Keller, Peter Lietha, Stefan Schwarz, Peter Giese