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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Amir Bar-Niv, Ramat Gan, IL;
Assignee:
Mysticom Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/226 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/226 ;
Abstract
A method for determining whether signal data exists on a communication line, including: receiving a signal from the line; measuring a level of the received signal at a plurality of predetermined times; comparing the measured levels with predetermined reference levels so as to identify a plurality of valid data pulses; measuring a time interval between two or more of the valid data pulses; and determining that the valid pulses represent signal data responsive to the measured time interval.