Patents by Inventor Tobias HEER

Tobias HEER 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: 20250141813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for allowing data packets in a network to arrive at the recipient at definable times. The method requires a firewall in a computer network. Each data packet which is transmitted through the firewall to a recipient is assigned a time budget for processing in the firewall. Each data packet is then transmitted to the recipient through the firewall only after the time budget has expired. The time budget is defined based on the maximum possible processing time in the firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Tobias HEER, Lukas BECHTEL
  • Patent number: 11296834
    Abstract: A method of operating a transmission system (1) having a first network (2) and at least one second network (3) where data is exchanged in that data of the first network (2) is inputted between these at least two networks (2, 3) into duplication means (4), and the inputted data is transmitted wirelessly via at least two transmission paths (6, 7) using PRP to separator means (5) and forwarded from the separating means (5) to the connected second network (3), characterized in that the data is transmitted as data packets and each data packet is transmitted several times via the same transmission path (6, 7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HIRSCHMANN AUTOMATION AND CONTROL GMBH
    Inventor: Tobias Heer
  • Patent number: 11296835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a transmission system (1) that comprises a first network (2) and at least one additional network (3), in which data are exchanged between said at least two networks (2, 3) by means of data of the first network (2) being fed to duplication means (4) in the form of data packets, these fed data packets being wirelessly transmitted to separator means (5) via at least two transmission paths (6, 7) using PRP, and being forwarded from said separator means (5) to the connected additional network (3) in the form of a data stream. The invention is characterized in that the data packets are temporarily stored in a memory once they have been transmitted via the at least two transmission paths (6, 7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HIRSCHMANN AUTOMATION AND CONTROL GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Heer, Valentin Klimmek
  • Patent number: 10404416
    Abstract: A method of operating a transmission system (1) having a first network (2) and at least one second network (3), data being exchanged between these at least two networks (2, 3) in that data of the first network (2) is fed to duplication means (4), the inputted data being transmitted wirelessly to separator means (5) via at least two transmission paths (6, 7) using PRP and forwarded from the separator means (5) to the connected second network (3), characterized in that the data is transmitted in the form of data packets, and it is ascertained whether or not a data packet was transmitted, and it is determined based thereon whether or not the transmission system (1) is operating in a fault-free manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: HIRSCHMANN AUTOMATION AND CONTROL GMBH
    Inventor: Tobias Heer
  • Publication number: 20190199485
    Abstract: A method of operating a transmission system (1) having a first network (2) and at least one second network (3) where data is exchanged between these at least two networks (2, 3) in that data of the first network (2) is fed to duplicating means (4), then is transmitted wirelessly to separating means (5) via at least two transmission paths (6, 7) by PRP, and is forwarded by the separating means (5) to the connected second network (3), characterized in that the data is transmitted via the first transmission path (6) as data packets and, if a data packet was not transmitted, this data packet is retransmitted via at least the second transmission path (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventor: Tobias HEER
  • Publication number: 20180351702
    Abstract: A method of operating a transmission system (1) having a first network (2) and at least one second network (3), data being exchanged between these at least two networks (2, 3) in that data of the first network (2) is fed to duplication means (4), the inputted data being transmitted wirelessly to separator means (5) via at least two transmission paths (6, 7) using PRP and forwarded from the separator means (5) to the connected second network (3), characterized in that the data is transmitted in the form of data packets, and it is ascertained whether or not a data packet was transmitted, and it is determined based thereon whether or not the transmission system (1) is operating in a fault-free manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Tobias HEER
  • Publication number: 20180262298
    Abstract: A method of operating a transmission system (1) having a first network (2) and at least one second network (3) where data is exchanged in that data of the first network (2) is inputted between these at least two networks (2, 3) into duplication means (4), and the inputted data is transmitted wirelessly via at least two transmission paths (6, 7) using PRP to separator means (5) and forwarded from the separating means (5) to the connected second network (3), characterized in that the data is transmitted as data packets and each data packet is transmitted several times via the same transmission path (6, 7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Tobias HEER