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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:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2005
Applicants:
William H. Berkman, New York, NY (US);
James Douglas Mollenkopf, Fairfax, VA (US);
Inventors:
William H. Berkman, New York, NY (US);
James Douglas Mollenkopf, Fairfax, VA (US);
Assignee:
Current Technologies, LLC, Germantown, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
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 temperature sensor, a barometer, a motion sensor, a level sensor, and/or a vibration sensor. The device may include a controller that receives commands that relate to the collection and transmission of the sensed data via a medium voltage power line.