Patents by Inventor Thomas Ludwig

Thomas Ludwig 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).

  • Publication number: 20110154283
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for performing a detailed routing of a net joining ports in an integrated circuit. Extended port regions are created for the ports of the net of the integrated circuit, the extended port regions being shaped in such a way as to guarantee routing access to the ports. A wire corresponding to the net is then placed and the extended port regions of the ports are trimmed, thus identifying essential port regions required for connecting the wire to the ports and dispensable port regions not required for connecting the wire to the ports. The wiring resources are then updated by releasing the dispensable port regions so that the dispensable port regions no longer constitute parts of the ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joachim Keinert, Thomas Ludwig
  • Patent number: 7962877
    Abstract: A method to reduce the problem complexity maintains a relatively high quality port assignment by abstracting local connections in the macro when performing the port assignment. This is done for netlength, congestion as well as timing. The internal netlist of the macro is abstracted in such a way that the optimization of the external interconnect can be done in an efficient manner. Three levels of abstractions are described. A first level optimizes the top level interconnect, a second level optimizes the top level and macro interconnects, while a third level optimizes the top level timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joachim Keinert, Juergen Koehl, Thomas Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20110138057
    Abstract: Communication protocols, systems, and methods that facilitate communication between disaggregated elements, and also to devices adapted to function as such disaggregated elements, particularly across peer-to-peer (masterless) and include one or more unique features such as packet atomicity, blind ACKs, NAT bridging, locking, multicast spanning and mirroring, and authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt
  • Publication number: 20110113395
    Abstract: A method for creating a layout for design representation of an electronic circuit with at least one port. The method includes segmenting the at least one port in the design representation into different regions, classifying the different regions of the at least one port according to timing and/or electronic and/or layout characteristics, assigning a priority for each classified region of the at least one port according to rules based on the timing and/or electronic and/or layout characteristics, and routing the design representation by accessing at least one of the classified regions of the port according to an order of the assigned priorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joachim Keinert, Thomas Ludwig
  • Patent number: 7916727
    Abstract: Communication protocols, systems, and methods that facilitate communication between disaggregated elements, and also to devices adapted to function as such disaggregated elements, particularly across peer-to-peer (masterless) and include one or more unique features such as packet atomicity, blind ACKs, NAT bridging, locking, multicast spanning and mirroring, and authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C.
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt
  • Publication number: 20110061214
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process of making a fibrous structure, wherein roughly graded material is provided to rotating, apertured drums. The drums have at least one needle roll in their inside. The roughly graded material is agitated inside the drums, whereby fibers or small fiber clusters are separated from each other. These fibers and small fiber clusters are flung through the apertures to the outside of the drum, where they are directed onto a foraminous carrier to form a fibrous structure. The fibrous structures are especially useful in absorbent articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Birgit WIRTZ, Thomas Ludwig Woschnik, Silvio W. Miccio
  • Patent number: 7882252
    Abstract: A storage device has partitions that are separately addressed by distinct IP addresses. This allows direct access of the partitions, on a peer-to-peer basis, by any other device that can communicate using IP. Preferred storage devices support spanning between or among partitions of the same device, as well as between or among different storage devices. Both multicast and proxy spanning are contemplated. Combinations of the inventive storage devices with each other, and with prior art storage devices are contemplated, in all manner of mirroring and other arrangements. In still other aspects of the invention, a given storage device can include one or more types of media, including any combination of rotating and non-rotating media, magnetic and optical, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt
  • Publication number: 20110017398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of applying absorbent gelling material (AGM) granules by indirect printing onto an carrier layer for use in an absorbent article, particularly diaper for babies or adults, training pants, pull-up diapers (diaper pants), sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like. These articles typically comprise the carrier layer with the AGM particles together with further layers, making up the complete article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Horst Blessing, Hans Adolf Jackels, Siegfried Link, Volker Maier, Thomas Ludwig Woschnik, Martin Scaife
  • Patent number: 7870271
    Abstract: A storage device has partitions that are separately addressed by distinct IP addresses. This allows direct access of the partitions, on a peer-to-peer basis, by any other device that can communicate using IP. Preferred storage devices support spanning between or among partitions of the same device, as well as between or among different storage devices. Both multicast and proxy spanning are contemplated. Combinations of the inventive storage devices with each other, and with prior art storage devices are contemplated, in all manner of mirroring and other arrangements. In still other aspects of the invention, a given storage device can comprise one or more types of media, including any combination of rotating and non-rotating media, magnetic and optical, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt
  • Patent number: 7851283
    Abstract: Therefore, disclosed above are embodiments of a multi-fin field effect transistor structure (e.g., a multi-fin dual-gate FET or tri-gate FET) that provides low resistance strapping of the source/drain regions of the fins, while also maintaining low capacitance to the gate by raising the level of the straps above the level of the gate. Embodiments of the structure of the invention incorporate either conductive vias or taller source/drain regions in order to electrically connect the source/drain straps to the source/drain regions of each fin. Also, disclosed are embodiments of associated methods of forming these structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brent A. Anderson, Thomas Ludwig, Edward J. Nowak
  • Publication number: 20100312863
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a gateway server system comprising a gateway server (1) for making at least one SOAP/XML-based web service (2) accessible to at least one RPC client (3) in accordance with at least one mapping file (10), the at least one mapping file (10) comprising definitions for translating at least one first RPC request message (30) from the at least one RPC client (3) to at least one web service call (20) of the at least one SOAP/XML-based web service (2), the gate-way server (1) comprising: a. a configuration interface (4) adapted for receiving and for storing the at least one mapping file (10) in a storage medium (6); b. wherein the gateway server (1) is adapted for creating at least one first sub-program (60) adapted for processing the at least one first RPC request message (30) in accordance with the at least one mapping file (10); and c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: SOFTWARE AG
    Inventor: Thomas Ludwig Mohr
  • Patent number: 7838722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of applying absorbent gelling material (AGM) granules by indirect printing onto an carrier layer for use in an absorbent article, particularly diaper for babies or adults, training pants, pull-up diapers (diaper pants), sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like. These articles typically comprise the carrier layer with the AGM particles together with further layers, making up the complete article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Horst Blessing, Hans Adolf Jackels, Siegfried Link, Volker Maier, Thomas Ludwig Woschnik, Martin Scaife
  • Patent number: 7730771
    Abstract: A device for detecting the combustion-chamber pressure in an internal combustion engine is configured in such a way that the combustion-chamber pressure is able to be detected in a reliable and reproducible manner. To this end, a heating pin exposed to the combustion-chamber pressure is fixed in place in a housing of the glow plug with the aid of a fixation member. A sensor is affixed in the housing of the glow plug via a fixation element set apart from this fixation member. This sensor detects the elastic longitudinal expansion of the housing caused by the combustion-chamber pressure between the end of the fixation member facing the sensor and the fixation point of the fixation element on the housing. This device is preferably utilized in the automotive industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Ludwig, Christoph Kern
  • Patent number: 7720058
    Abstract: Cameras, radios, televisions, set top boxes, telephones, kitchen appliances, and other electrical devices have their own IP address, and communicate using an internetworking protocol. Of particular interest are those devices that utilize some form of mass storage. Communication of the packets between or among elements can occur using any suitable package switched network (or combination of networks), including the Internet. The preferred protocol for communicating packets is IP, and communication of the packets between elements can advantageously occur by virtualizing a native bus using IP. It is especially contemplated that the inventive elements can be disaggregated outside the housing of a device, at distances of several meters or more. Communication can be hard wired, or can include wireless aspects. Adapters are also contemplated that permit traditional elements to be addressed by their own IP addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt
  • Patent number: 7698526
    Abstract: Communication protocols, systems, and methods that facilitate communication between disaggregated elements, and also to devices adapted to function as such disaggregated elements, particularly across peer-to-peer (masterless) and include one or more unique features such as packet atomicity, blind ACKs, NAT bridging, locking, multicast spanning and mirroring, and authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt
  • Patent number: 7688814
    Abstract: Communication protocols, systems, and methods that facilitate communication between disaggregated elements, and also to devices adapted to function as such disaggregated elements, particularly across peer-to-peer (masterless) and include one or more unique features such as packet atomicity, blind ACKs, NAT bridging, locking, multicast spanning and mirroring, and authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt
  • Publication number: 20100037198
    Abstract: A method to reduce the problem complexity maintains a relatively high quality port assignment by abstracting local connections in the macro when performing the port assignment. This is done for netlength, congestion as well as timing. The internal netlist of the macro is abstracted in such a way that the optimization of the external interconnect can be done in an efficient manner. Three levels of abstractions are described. A first level optimizes the top level interconnect, a second level optimizes the top level and macro interconnects, while a third level optimizes the top level timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joachim Keinert, Juergen Koehl, Thomas Ludwig
  • Patent number: 7649880
    Abstract: Systems and methods for quickly resolving storage area commands from packet addresses are presented. Clients exchange packets comprising addresses and payloads with physical storage areas that have controllers using a stateless protocol. Modules use the addresses in addition to payloads to derive commands that are understandable by the controller. Furthermore, the neither the module nor the controller require use of a file system to interact with the physical storage area. Modules can derive the storage area commands through resolving a context associated with physical storage area. In some embodiments, modules split addresses into portions that can be used as indices into context lookup tables. In other embodiments, modules can employ variants to router address lookup algorithms to quickly resolve storage area commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Adams, Nicholas Witchey, Thomas Ludwig
  • Patent number: 7643476
    Abstract: Methods of transferring data to a target device are presented. A protocol supports sending packets to individual disaggregated elements of the target device. Each packet can be individually addressed to an element using a distinct network address. Data is sent to the target device by sending one or more packets encapsulating protocol commands that provide instructions to the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt
  • Patent number: 7602773
    Abstract: Methods of transferring data to a target device having disaggregated elements are presented. Packets having network addresses assigned to the elements and location addresses within the elements are received. The packets are routed to the elements using the network addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Inventors: Charles Frank, Thomas Ludwig, Thomas Hanan, William Babbitt