Patents by Inventor Thomas Furhrer

Thomas Furhrer 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 the distributed synchronization of users of a communications link
    Patent number: 7200766
    Abstract: A method and a system for synchronizing at least two users are described, each user to be synchronized containing its own timer, and the users being connected by at least one communications link, at least one event being transmitted for synchronization on the communications link, a first user determining a first view of the global time as a function of the event, and the at least one second user determining a second view of the global time as a function of the event, the minimum of the first and second views of the global time being transmitted through the corresponding users on the communications link, and each user to be synchronized determining an overall global time from the minimum of a first global time view and a second global time view, and the timer contained therein being synchronized with the overall global time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Furhrer, Bernd Müller
  • Method and system for synchronizing users of a communications link
    Publication number: 20020095612
    Abstract: A method and a system for synchronizing at least two users are described, each user to be synchronized containing its own timer, and the users being connected by at least one communications link, at least one event being transmitted for synchronization on the communications link, a first user determining a first global time as a function of the event, and the at least one second user determining a second global time as a function of the event, the minimum of the first and second global times being transmitted through the corresponding users on the communications link, and each user to be synchronized determining an overall global time from the minimum of a first global time and a second global time, and the timer contained therein being synchronized with the overall global time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Furhrer, Bernd Muller