Patents by Inventor Wayne Walkwitz

Wayne Walkwitz 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).

  • System and Method of Using Existing Cabling While Achieving Ethernet Network Capabilities and Speed
    Publication number: 20110256934
    Abstract: A communication network and method of conversion provides an Ethernet and a first protocol to a gaming area. The network includes a server area Ethernet; a gaming area Ethernet; a long cable; a first converter connected to an end of the long cable and arranged to communicate with a second converter using a first protocol over the long cable, and connected to the server area Ethernet; the second converter connected to the long cable and arranged to communicate with the first converter using the first protocol, and connected to the gaming area Ethernet; a controller board of a gaming device located in the gaming area, communicating via the first and second converter using a second protocol with a game controller computer located in the server area Ethernet; and a game board of the gaming device, and communicating via the first and second converter using Ethernet with a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Paul McLaughlin, Wayne Walkwitz