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7561025 Broadband coupler technique for electrical connection to power lines  
Disclosed is a power line broadband communication system having broadband coupler devices capable of direct electrical connection to an energized power line. The coupler includes a conductive...
7561026 Bypass device and method for a power line communications system  
A passive bypass device for providing a data path around a power meter is provided. The device may be communicatively connected to two low voltage power line energized conductors on a first and a...
7449991 Power line communications device and method  
The present invention provides a device for providing communications over power lines that includes a backhaul modem, a power line modem, and a user port modem. The device may provide...
7430932 Device for telemonitoring the state of aerial power lines(variants)  
The invention refers to remote monitoring of power objects and is designed for collecting data on OHTL conductor status and passing such to data collection point (dispatch point for example). The...
7400239 Universal control apparatus and methods  
Apparatus and methods for control of one or more functions within a premises. In one embodiment, the control apparatus comprises a “universal” electronic switch which can be configured...
7382260 Hot swap and plug-and-play for RFID devices  
The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates adding a device to an RFID network and associated a process to such device. An interface can receive a new device and/or...
7339458 Power line communications interface and surge protector  
There is provided a system that includes an AC power input port for connection to an AC power line, an AC power output port for providing power from the AC power line, an AC power surge suppression...
7323968 Cross-phase adapter for powerline communications (PLC) network  
An adapter to reduce the effects of cross phase communication between a PLC transmitter plugged into one of the L 1 or L 2 power lines of a home and a PLC receiver plugged into the opposite L 2 ...
7307512 Power line coupling device and method of use  
The coupler of the present invention couples data signals, such as broadband RF signals, to and from a power line. The coupler of one embodiment that is for use with overhead power lines includes a...
7307510 Power meter bypass device and method for a power line communications system  
A passive bypass device for providing a data path around a power meter is provided. The device may be communicatively connected to two low voltage power line energized conductors on a first and a...
7301440 Power line communication system and method  
The present invention provides a device for providing communications through power lines comprised of multiple conductors by transmitting the data signals through a plurality of the conductors. One...
7254403 Wireless terminal-interoperable home network system  
Disclosed herein is a home network system interoperable with a wireless terminal of at least one user registered therein, wherein a terminal server is adapted to transmit and receive data to/from...
7245625 Network-to-network adaptor for power line communications  
A portable, pluggable power line communications device provides convenient interfacing and connectivity between separate data networks interconnected over the same conventional electric power...
7224272 Power line repeater system and method  
A PLCS network element that provides communications to one or more user devices and may also repeat data for other network elements is provided. In one embodiment, the device includes software for...
7198521 Power line phase coupler system  
A power line phase coupler system for repeating data signals between power line phases that can be easily installed by a user. The power line phase coupler system includes a housing, a female...
7199706 PLC intercom/monitor  
A digital intercom device consistent with certain embodiments uses power line communication (PLC). A power line interface connects to a power line serving as a communication medium. An audio codec...
7194528 Method and apparatus for processing inbound data within a powerline based communication system  
A powerline based communication system includes a powerline termination module, a plurality of powerline gateways, and a plurality of powerline nodes. The powerline termination module manages data...
7183902 Very local area network (VLAN)  
A Very Local Area Network (VLAN) comprises a power strip device having an electrical connector for connection to an AC power supply line and one or more surge protectors and line filters. Multiple...
7170395 Method and apparatus for attaching power line communications to customer premises  
A method and apparatus for modifying a three-phase power distribution network in a building in order to provide data communication by using a Power Line Carrier (PLC) signal to an approximate...
7154382 Arrangement of inductive couplers for data communication  
There is provided a system including (a) a first inductive coupler for coupling a data signal between a port of the first inductive coupler and a first subset of a plurality of electrically...
7148788 Method for transmitting high-frequency signals to low-frequency networks and corresponding system  
It is a known fact that even information signals in the kilohertz and megahertz range can be transmitted via the bus systems of power transmission networks. The invention provides a method and a...
7102490 Endpoint transmitter and power generation system  
An endpoint in a power distribution system includes a transmitter. The transmitter includes a transformer, a half-bridge driver, a first and second driver, and a resonant circuit. A primary winding...
7049939 Power line carrier system  
The power line carrier system provides with a filter in a power branch apparatus removable from an external power line. The filter passes a power line carrier signal in a signal mode for the...
7049932 Control system  
In a system for remotely controlling the supply of electric power to customer premises, each customer premises is fitted with a power-switching arrangement coupled to a paging receiver ( 5 - 1, 5 -...
7030734 Verification of proper coupling of power line communication units to power circuits  
Verifying that power line communication units ( 106 ) are properly coupled to power circuits ( 104 ) is disclosed. Each of a number of communication units ( 106 ) is coupled to one of one or more...
7023357 Pluggable mechanism for wireless remote control  
A pluggable mechanism for wireless remote control comprising a control panel for controlling an object, the control panel having a receptacle; and a pluggable unit having a plug that is suitable to...
7015798 Method and system for bidirectional data and power transmission  
A method and system for bidirectional data and power transmission are shown and described. An exemplary embodiment comprises a current receiver, including a microprocessor and a driver, and a...
7005969 Power transfer apparatus for concurrently transmitting data and power over data wires  
Power supply current, sufficient to power a remote network device, is transmitted concurrently with a network data signal over a transmission line. A power-sourcing network device that can include...
6999505 Power line communication modem capable of simultaneously supplying power and exchanging data  
A power line communication MODEM includes a rectification circuit for converting an AC power source to a DC power source, a MODEM circuit to which a DC voltage is supplied from the rectification...
6993289 System including a wall switch device and a system including a power outlet device and methods for using the same  
A system including a wall switch device, a system including a power outlet device, and methods for using are described. In one embodiment, the system includes at least one wall switch device and a...
6989733 Method and system for adapting a telephone line modem for use on the power line  
A new method and system for adapting standard home network protocol communication signals for communication between networked computation devices over the AC power line is provided. This invention...
6980090 Device and method for coupling with electrical distribution network infrastructure to provide communications  
A device for providing communications through power lines that are communicatively coupled to an electrical distribution network infrastructure and to the internal wiring of at least one customer...
6980089 Non-intrusive coupling to shielded power cable  
The invention describes a method and a device for transporting a signal over a power line. The inventive method includes inducing an alternating current (AC) voltage from the power line, powering a...
6970072 Home automation module having externally powered communications port  
A home automation module having an externally powered communications port. The module includes an automation microprocessor for controlling the module, a communications port for enabling the module...
6956464 Power apparatus having built-in powerline networking adapter  
A power apparatus having a built-in powerline networking adapter is revealed. This invented power adapter includes one electrical plug and one body. The electrical plug is purposed to connect a...
6956461 Apparatus and method for remotely controlling household appliances  
An apparatus and method for remotely controlling household appliances connected to a home network. A power line and a network processor is installed in each household appliance, enabling a...
6952159 Coupling device  
A coupling apparatus ( 1 ) having a mains connection ( 2 ) for connection to a low-voltage mains power supply system, and having an appliance connection ( 3 ) for connection of any appliance for...
6950010 Method, system and apparatuses for the transmission of data on electric network  
Method and system for transmitting/receiving or communicating data and information on electric power line between two electronic controlled devices, namely, and electric user (HA), in particular a...
6911900 System and method for electronically signalling along a fence line  
A system for electronically signalling along a fence line, comprising one or more transmitter device(s) for connection to the fence line from which control signals or information may be sent along...
6906617 Intelligent appliance home network  
The instantaneous power consumption of an appliance is used to determine the status of the appliance, from which further actions may be taken. This invention is premised on the observation that...
6867689 Power line communication modern not requiring extra plug socket  
A power line communication MODEM includes a MODEM main body portion and a power supply portion for converting an A.C. power source to a D.C. power source and supplying the D.C. power source to the...
6844809 Passive optical network backhaul for powerline communications  
System, apparatus and method for connecting a passive optical network (“PON”) to a power line communications (“PLC”) network using a PLC HeadEnd installed at the PON to provide for...
6838978 Appliance data collecting system  
A controller ( 1 ) holds appliance data acquired from an appliance ( 3 ) regularly and without loss. A display terminal ( 2 ) is capable of moving to other rooms through a receptacle and holds the...
6816078 System and method for estimating power consumption of electric apparatus, and abnormality alarm system utilizing the same  
A method and a system for estimating electricity consumption of electric appliances and an abnormality alarm system, enabling estimation of individual electricity consumption of electric appliances...
6809633 Coupling broadband modems to power lines  
A method and system are given for a coupling a data signal over a power distribution system. An inductive signal coupler has two windings. The first winding is in series with a line conductor of...
6784860 Display  
This invention relates to a detachable display 10 , in particular to a detachable liquid crystal display for an electronic device. The display 10 has a first plate 12 , a second plate 14 ...
6771164 Automatic identification of local devices  
Techniques and devices for automatically identifying a local device are provided. An adapting device is interposed in between a local device and a central processing device. The adapting device...
6759946 Home appliances network  
A network enables remote users to communicate with, and to control a variety of devices whose only electrical connection is to a power line network. In hybrid networks, communications between...
6734784 Zero crossing based powerline pulse position modulated communication system  
A transmitting controller is connected to an AC powerline and on command places a series of signal pulse in the powerline in a series of signal timing windows related to zero voltage crossing...
6727815 Fire alarm system  
A fire alarm system may comprise a control center, a wired communication pathway connected to the control center, and a relay station having a receiver and a signal evaluation circuit connected to...
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