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Robert E. Thomas
Also filed as: THOMAS ROBERT · THOMAS ROBERT E · THOMAS ROBERT EUGENE
28 granted patents·1,950 citations·filing 1989–2000
98Inventor score
Files withDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP11CABLETRON SYSTEMS INC10COMPAQ COMPUTER CORP3ENTERASYS NETWORKS INC2DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP PATENT1
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28 records- 0198US5390173APacket format in hub for packet data communications systemDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Feb 14, 1995·598 cites·24 claims
- 0289US5151899ATracking sequence numbers in packet data communication systemDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 29, 1992·188 cites·34 claims
- 0386US5535209AMethod and apparatus for transporting timed program data using single transport scheduleDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 9, 1996·97 cites·1 claims
- 0485US6560236B1Virtual LANsENTERASYS NETWORKS INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 6, 2003·147 cites·18 claims
- 0585US5963556ADevice for partitioning ports of a bridge into groups of different virtual local area networksDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 5, 1999·155 cites·18 claims
- 0680US5418967AFast arbiter having easy scaling for large numbers of requesters, large numbers of resource types with multiple instances of each type, and selectable queuing disciplinesDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1993·Granted May 23, 1995·63 cites·31 claims
- 0778US5265257AFast arbiter having easy scaling for large numbers of requesters, large numbers of resource types with multiple instances of each type, and selectable queuing disciplinesDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1990·Granted Nov 23, 1993·57 cites·33 claims
- 0875US6337851B1Method and apparatus for relative error scheduling in a communications network using discrete rates and proportional rate scalingCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 8, 2002·20 cites·15 claims
- 0971US5313641AFast arbiter having easy scaling for large numbers of requesters, large numbers of resource types with multiple instances of each type, and selectable queing disciplinesDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1993·Granted May 17, 1994·39 cites·23 claims
- 1070US5867480AMethod and apparatus for controlling congestion in a network nodeCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 2, 1999·79 cites·13 claims
- 1169US5796966AMethod and apparatus for dynamically controlling data routes through a networkDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 18, 1998·67 cites·8 claims
- 1264US5905723ASystem for achieving scalable router performanceCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1995·Granted May 18, 1999·52 cites·4 claims
- 1363US4924463AData coding method for use in digital communication systemsDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1989·Granted May 8, 1990·24 cites·20 claims
- 1462US5970229AApparatus and method for performing look-ahead scheduling of DMA transfers of data from a host memory to a transmit buffer memoryCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 19, 1999·45 cites·20 claims
- 1561US5434855AMethod and apparatus for selective interleaving in a cell-switched networkDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP PATENT·Filed 1994·Granted Jul 18, 1995·38 cites·6 claims
- 1657US6108305AMethod and apparatus for relative error scheduling in a communications network using discrete rates and proportional rate scalingCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 22, 2000·33 cites·5 claims
- 1755US5941952AApparatus and method for transferring data from a transmit buffer memory at a particular rateCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Aug 24, 1999·36 cites·22 claims
- 1854US6167049ANon-zero minimum cell rate for available bit rate ATM serviceCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 26, 2000·37 cites·36 claims
- 1954US5966546AMethod and apparatus for performing TX raw cell status report frequency and interrupt frequency mitigation in a network nodeCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 12, 1999·29 cites·2 claims
- 2052US5303391AFast arbiter having easy scaling for large numbers of requesters, large numbers of resource types with multiple instances of each type, and selectable queuing disciplinesDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 12, 1994·16 cites·1 claims
- 2149US5822612AApparatus and method for managing schedule table pointersFiled 1996·Granted Oct 13, 1998·26 cites·13 claims
- 2247US5862206AMethod and apparatus for performing raw cell status report frequency mitigation on transmit in a network nodeCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 19, 1999·23 cites·6 claims
- 2346US6466997B1Method and apparatus for performing TX raw cell status report frequency and interrupt frequency mitigation in a network nodeENTERASYS NETWORKS INC·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 15, 2002·17 cites·72 claims
- 2446US5960215ATransmit data FIFO for flow controlled dataDIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 28, 1999·20 cites·4 claims
- 2540US5922046AMethod and apparatus for avoiding control reads in a network nodeCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Jul 13, 1999·12 cites·20 claims
- 2639US6067563AMethod and apparatus for avoiding control reads in a network nodeCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 23, 2000·11 cites·20 claims
- 2738US5995995AApparatus and method for scheduling virtual circuit data for DMA from a host memory to a transmit buffer memoryCABLETRON SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 30, 1999·11 cites·17 claims
- 2836US6212567B1Method and apparatus for performing raw cell status report frequency mitigation on receive in a network nodeCOMPAQ COMPUTER CORP·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 3, 2001·10 cites·9 claims
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