Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Dineen

Thomas J. Dineen 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 of recovering from transmission errors in a local area network by transmitting and receiving silence on all network ports
    Patent number: 4719625
    Abstract: A method of recovering from a transmission error in a station having first and second input-output ports which are respectively coupled to two other stations in a communication network includes the steps of: receiving on the first port, messages which are separated by idle characters and regenerating same on the second port; detecting the error during the receiving step; and responding to the detection of the error by (a) transmitting silence on both the first and second ports and (b) waiting for the receipt of silence on the ports, prior to passing any further messages through the station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: John L. Bell, Thomas J. Dineen, Dennis J. Mahon