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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8077049 | Method and apparatus for communicating power distribution event and location A system, device, and method of providing information for a power distribution system is provided. In one embodiment, a method of using a device that receives power from the low voltage power of the power distribution system and experiences a power loss during a loc... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7965195 | System, device and method for providing power outage and restoration notification A system, computer program product and method to provide information related to a power distribution system based on information provided by a plurality of network elements electrically connected to a plurality of power lines of the power distribution system at a pl... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965193 | System and method for detecting distribution transformer overload A system, device, and method of detecting an overload condition of a distribution transformer that supplies power to one or more customer premises via a low voltage subnet is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining the power output of the trans... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7876174 | Power line coupling device and method A power line coupler for communicating data signals between a communication device and a power distribution system having one or more overhead energized medium voltage power line conductors is provided. One embodiment comprises a first lightening arrestor having a f... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7856032 | Multi-function modem device A communications device including a port that is capable of communicating with a user device, a controller connected to the port, a power line modem connected to the controller, and a network modem connected to the controller. ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856007 | Power line communication voice over IP system and method A power line communication system communicating over a medium voltage power line including a VoIP endpoint that transmits voice data and requests to establish a voice connection to a medium voltage (MV) access device is provided. The medium voltage access device may... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7852207 | Method for establishing power line communication link A method for providing power line communications in a multi-unit building is provided. One embodiment includes determining the quality of a communication link associated with each of a plurality of communication nodes, selecting one of the plurality of communication... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7804763 | Power line communication device and method A power line communication device for communicating data signals over a power line is provided. One example embodiment comprises a conditioning circuit configured to be coupled to the power line and a modem communicatively coupled to the conditioning circuitry to tr... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804280 | Method and system for providing power factor correction in a power distribution system A device for providing power factor correction of a low voltage subnet that includes a low voltage feeder line that is connected to one or more low voltage power supply lines that supply power to one or more customer premises is provided. In one embodiment, the devi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7796025 | Power line communication device and method A power line communication device configured to facilitate communications over a low voltage power line between a downstream user device and an external power line communication device is provided. In one embodiment, the device may include a communication module con... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795994 | Power line coupling device and method A power line coupler for communicating data signals over a power distribution system having a first and second overhead energized medium voltage power line conductors is provided. In one embodiment, the coupler includes a first lightening arrestor having a first end... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795877 | Power line communication and power distribution parameter measurement system and method A power line communication device is provided that in one embodiment includes a parameter sensor device configured to measure a parameter of a power line, a modem configured to transmit parameter data over a power line, and a controller communicatively coupled to th... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7773587 | Voice over internet protocol network test device and method The invention includes a device and a method for testing a communication network that includes an Internet Protocol (VoIP) network. The inventive device includes a user interface for communicating results of a test, a transceiver for allowing the test device to comm... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7764943 | Overhead and underground power line communication system and method using a bypass An underground power line is coupled to an overhead power line at a riser pole. In a power line communication system, a first and a second communication device are communicatively coupled to the underground power line at different locations. A third communication de... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761079 | Power line communication device and method A versatile power line communication device is provided. One embodiment of the device includes a controller having memory, a first modem in communication with the controller, and a first power line interface including a second modem, wherein the second modem is in c... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7714682 | Power line data signal attenuation device and method A device and method for attenuating high frequency signals on a power line carrying power is provided. In one embodiment the device may include a toroid shaped core formed of magnetically permeable material and having an inner surface to be disposed substantially ar... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7714592 | System and method for determining the impedance of a medium voltage power line A system and method of detecting changes in the impedance of a segment of medium voltage power line is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving voltage data comprising data of the voltage of the power lines at locations at a plurality of different... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7701357 | System and method for detecting distribution transformer overload A system, device, and method of detecting an overload condition of a distribution transformer that supplies power to one or more customer premises via a low voltage subnet is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining the power output of the trans... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7701325 | Power line communication apparatus and method of using the same The present invention provides a communication device for use with a power line communication system. One embodiment of the present invention forms a bypass device and comprises a LV coupler, a LV signal conditioner, a controller, a MV modem, a first MV signal condi... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7675897 | Power line communications system with differentiated data services A power line communications system that facilitates the provision of differentiated data services is provided. One embodiment of the present invention may include tagging downstream data at an ingress point, such as a point of presence or aggregation point. The tagg... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675427 | System and method for determining distribution transformer efficiency A system, device and method of determining an efficiency of a distribution transformer that receives power from a medium voltage power line and that provides power to a plurality of customer premises via a low voltage subnet is provided. In one embodiment, the metho... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675408 | Power line communication system, device and method A signal is received from a first portion of a power line via a connection to the power line and at least a portion of the signal is converted to a non-electrically conducting signal. The non-electrically conducting signal may be communicated to a non-electrically c... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671701 | Method and device for providing broadband over power line communications A transmit and receive circuit for use in power line communication devices is provided. One embodiment of the circuit includes a receive channel with a first delay circuit coupled to a first switch having an open configuration and a closed configuration a first swit... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7627402 | Device and method for designing power line communication system networks A method of designing a power line communication system networks is provided. One embodiment of the present invention may include identifying a position of a backhaul point on a medium voltage power line, identifying positions for a plurality of bypass devices on th... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7626497 | Power line communication vegetation management system and method A system for detecting the contact of vegetation or other objects with a power line conductor and that may provide an automated notification thereof is provided. In one embodiment, the system may assess one or more power line communication links to determine baselin... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7626489 | Power line communications device and method In one embodiment, a power line communication system network element is provided that provides communications to one or more user devices. The device may also receive data from one or more sensors, such as current sensors, a voltage sensor, a video camera, a tempera... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7602695 | System and method for communicating in a multi-unit structure A method of providing communications over a plurality of sets of twisted pair conductors connected to a plurality of communication devices located in a plurality of units of a multi-unit structure is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises coupling a data ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7598844 | Power line communications module and method A system, device and method for providing communications to a plurality of customer premises via one or more external low voltage power lines is provided. One embodiment of the system includes a power line communication device comprising a first modem configured to ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596079 | System and method for communicating in a multi-unit structure A system and method of providing communications over twisted pair conductors connected to a plurality of communication devices located in a plurality of units of a multi-unit structure is provided. In one embodiment, the system comprises an upstream device having a ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7561867 | Multi-unit power line communications system and method A power line communications system and method for multi-dwelling unit structures that provides broadband communications for internet access, voice over IP (VoIP), streaming video, audio, and other high speed applications and services is provided. One example embodim... | 07/14/2009 |
| 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 second side of a power meter. The energized power line conductors cond... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7558206 | Power line communication rate limiting system and method A power line communications device that may provide rate limiting and quality of service control is provided. The device may include a first modem in communication with one or more user devices via a low voltage power line subnet and a second modem communicatively c... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7525423 | Automated meter reading communication system and method An automated meter reading power line communications system is provided, which may include, in one embodiment, measuring the utility usage of a first customer premises to provide first utility usage data, storing the first utility usage data in memory of a first dev... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7508834 | Wireless link for power line communications system One embodiment of the present invention may include of plurality of wireless hops that provide a multi-hop wireless link for facilitating the communication of voice, video, audio, and other data in a packet based network between a broadband power line communications... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7468657 | System and method for detecting noise source in a power line communications system A method for detecting noise location information in a power line distribution system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of receiving link quality data for a first power line communication link between a first and second power line commun... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7466225 | Power line communication system and method of operating the same A system for operating a power line communications system is provided. One embodiment is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass device, communic... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7460467 | Voice-over-IP network test device and method The invention includes a device and a method for testing a communication network that includes an Internet Protocol (VoIP) network. The inventive device includes a user interface for communicating results of a test, a transceiver for allowing the test device to comm... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7453352 | Data communication over a power line Data signals are communicated between a power line and a computer, wherein the power line provides power to the computer via a distribution transformer and the computer is in communication with a wireless communication path. A first data signal is communicated with ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450001 | Power line communications system and method A power line communications system (PLCS) that provides communications to one or more user devices by repeating data packets on the power distribution network is provided. The PLCS may employ any or all of the MV power line conductors and/or the neutral conductor an... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450000 | Power line communications device and method A device and method for providing power line communications via an underground residential distribution power system is provided. One embodiment of the present invention includes a medium voltage interface device that may include a first port configured to communica... | 11/11/2008 |
