Patents by Inventor Troy M. Thomas

Troy M. Thomas 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).

  • Programmable retargeter method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5883642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a programmable retargeter memory device which receives data being sent to addresses designated by said data and which retargets the data by replacing the addresses designated by the data with new addresses. The retargeter memory device of the present invention comprises an address memory and a data memory. The address memory comprises a plurality of address memory locations for storing retargeted addresses. The address memory is capable of being written to and read from to programmably alter the retargeted addresses stored therein and to output retargeted addresses therefrom. The data memory comprises a plurality of data memory locations for storing data associated with the retargeted addresses stored in the address memory and is capable of being written to and read from.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Company
    Inventors: Troy M. Thomas, David A. Madsen, Michael J. Phelps