Patents Assigned to Arkados, Inc.
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Patent number: 7830248Abstract: A power outlet adaptor device having a housing, at least one multimedia, networking and/or communications component, and an electrical socket box including at least one electrical socket is provided. The multimedia, networking, and/or communications component is secured within the housing and provides multimedia, networking and/or communications capabilities. The electrical socket accommodates an electrical device plug. The housing fits around the electrical socket box. The electrical socket box electrically couples to the multimedia, networking, and/or communications component.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Patent number: 7809452Abstract: A system and method of delivering synchronized audio and audio/video signals in the form of analog signals and streamed data over networks such a hybrid power line communications network is described. Signal magnitude matching by monitoring directly feed audio outputs is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignees: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Michael Macaluso, Brion Ebert
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Patent number: 7683777Abstract: When an audio distribution system is installed, it is normally required to install wiring between the audio source or sources, and all of the speakers that are installed throughout a building or structure. The installation of this wiring is normally time consuming and difficult, and can be a large cost component of the system installation. Therefore, there is a need for an audio distribution system that makes use of, and takes a benefit from, already installed electrical power wiring, or allows a lesser number of wires to be run where new installations are necessary, through the means of upgrading the system to provide uninterrupted power to the powered speakers while maintaining the ability to control lighting fixtures powered through the same wiring infrastructure.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Arkados IncInventors: Michael Macaluso, Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Publication number: 20090022175Abstract: An integrated network adapter is operable to establish a network interface with a plurality of media types, including at least a power line network and a telephone line network, based on pre-configuration, upon initialization and dynamically during operation. The adapter further is operable to establish network interfaces simultaneously or separately with a plurality of media types and provide that a communications event can occur simultaneously or separately over a plurality of media types.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Patent number: 7440443Abstract: An integrated network adapter is operable to establish a network interface with a plurality of media types, including at least a power line network and a telephone line network, based on pre-configuration, upon initialization and dynamically during operation. The adapter further is operable to establish network interfaces simultaneously or separately with a plurality of media types and provide that a communications event can occur simultaneously or separately over a plurality of media types.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2004Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Arkados, IncInventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Publication number: 20080205534Abstract: The invention presents a novel method to channel estimation in OFDM systems. The embodiment of this invention is a block of new logic and modifications performed to other components of the system, added to any existing OFDM receiver, which utilizes information available from other blocks as found in the receiver. This logic would improve the units' error rate because of the improved channel quality estimations it makes available. This improvement is made possible because both channel noise data and channel signal data are used in the estimation process. This data goes through a learning process over time and multiple data blocks for further improvements in the quality of the estimate. This improvement is possible without any direct communications with other remote units, but it could be used in a multi-node environment to improve the performance of the system as the whole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: ARKADOS, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Lawrence F. Durfee, Dick Walvis
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Publication number: 20080056507Abstract: An intelligent audio speaker that uses a power line communication element to provide audio distribution within homes, businesses, apartment complexes, and other buildings. Multiple intelligent audio speakers may be networked together, with common control. The intelligent audio speaker may, in some embodiments of the present invention, contain enhanced ambient backlight effects to further enhance the listener's experience. In some embodiments of the present invention, an existing audio speaker is retrofitted to an intelligent audio speaker using a retrofit kit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: ARKADOS, INC.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion John Ebert
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Publication number: 20080002655Abstract: Data throughput rate in a power line communications (“PLC”) system is controlled by generating PLC carrier signals in accordance with a PLC signal frame structure containing payload symbols where the payload symbol length is selected based on at least one of a PLC system channel quality and node configuration data. The selected payload symbol length determines the processing operations that a source PLC transceiver performs for generating PLC signals or that a destination PLC transceiver performs for extracting information content from received PLC signals. The payload symbol lengths can be selected to maximize the data throughput rate while maintaining compatibility with prior art PLC system protocols and standards that require a PLC signal frame structure and its payload portion to have fixed, predetermined lengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicant: ARKADOS, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Dirk Walvis, Brion Ebert, David Lawrence
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Publication number: 20070279196Abstract: A power line communications (“PLC”) transmitter and receiver device includes a physical communications protocol layer that provides for dynamic selection of a communications signal transmission operating mode from a plurality of such modes, where each has a corresponding transmission data structure that is based on characteristics of the electric power distribution network to which the PLC device is to be coupled and also the communications protocol profile requirements for the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2004Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Michael Macaluso, Bo Zhang, Oleg Logvinov
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Publication number: 20070274199Abstract: Data throughput rate in a power line communications (“PLC”) system is controlled by generating PLC carrier signals in accordance with a PLC signal frame structure containing payload symbols where orders of modulation are selected for the individual PLC carriers based on evaluation of at least one of a PLC system channel quality and node configuration data. The selected orders of modulation determine the processing operations that a source PLC transceiver performs for generating PLC signals or that a destination PLC transceiver performs for extracting information content from received PLC signals. The orders of modulation can be selected to maximize the data throughput rate while maintaining compatibility with prior art PLC system protocols and standards that require a PLC signal frame structure and its payload portion to have fixed, predetermined lengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: ARKADOS, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Patent number: 7286812Abstract: Apparatus for coupling communication signal modulated radio frequency signals between an electrical power distribution line and the electrical power wiring at a customer's premises which includes a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic energy is inductively coupled to the distribution line and a second transceiver for receiving electromagnetic energy from, and transmitting electromagnetic energy to, the first transceiver. The second transceiver is coupled to the customer's power wiring to receive communication signals from, and to supply communication signals to, the customer's power wiring. The electrical power for the first transceiver can be supplied by inductive coupling to the power line and/or a battery, the battery being a back-up source when both inductive coupling and a battery are present.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2002Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Constantine N. Manis, Oleg Logvinov, Larry Durfee
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Patent number: 7245625Abstract: A portable, pluggable power line communications device provides convenient interfacing and connectivity between separate data networks interconnected over the same conventional electric power conveying media. The power line communications device plugs into a single electrical outlet, and includes a controller that is programmable at the device or remotely. Remote programming is achieved over the same power media to which the communications device is coupled, or by wireless link. The power line communications device controls data communications signal transfer over the common electric wiring of a local network, and conducts high-speed communications and download of multimedia signals from an upstream network controllers using the common electric power media. The data communications signals of the co-existing, different networks are encoded to permit differentiation at the power line communications device.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2002Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Constantine N. Manis, Oleg Logvinov
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Patent number: 7193506Abstract: Data throughput rate in a power line communications (“PLC”) system is controlled by generating PLC carrier signals in accordance with a PLC signal frame structure containing payload symbols where the payload symbol length is selected based on at least one of a PLC system channel quality and node configuration data. The selected payload symbol length determines the processing operations that a source PLC transceiver performs for generating PLC signals or that a destination PLC transceiver performs for extracting information content from received PLC signals. The payload symbol lengths can be selected to maximize the data throughput rate while maintaining compatibility with prior art PLC system protocols and standards that require a PLC signal frame structure and its payload portion to have fixed, predetermined lengths.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Dirk Walvis, Brion Ebert, David Lawrence
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Publication number: 20070047573Abstract: A power outlet adaptor device having a housing, at least one multimedia, networking and/or communications component, and an electrical socket box including at least one electrical socket is provided. The multimedia, networking, and/or communications component is secured within the housing and provides multimedia, networking and/or communications capabilities. The electrical socket accommodates an electrical device plug. The housing fits around the electrical socket box. The electrical socket box electrically couples to the multimedia, networking, and/or communications component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicant: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Publication number: 20070022197Abstract: An audio distribution network for homes, businesses, apartments complexes, and other residential buildings is provided that performs audio distribution over a power line among one or more devices, with either the same audio content being sent to all devices, or different audio content being sent to different devices based on end-user input. This system and method provides for the management and control of these audio streams, as well as the bandwidth management of the power line network, to be performed by one device, or by a number of devices working in unison.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Publication number: 20060248013Abstract: The trend toward moving to digital content is progressing and expanding every day. With that trend comes the availability of a multitude of content from content sources through, for example, the public Internet. A method and system for content distribution are provided that allow content providers to customize the content that is (i) distributed to content rendering devices and/or (ii) suggested for download or purchase by users of the rendering devices, based on user responses and interactions resultant from the content. This interaction allows for the most likely and desired content to be available to the user for play or purchase.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Applicant: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Brion Ebert, Oleg Logvinov
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Publication number: 20060242314Abstract: A system and method of delivering synchronized audio and audio/video signals in the form of analog signals and streamed data over networks such a hybrid power line communications network is described. Signal magnitude matching by monitoring directly feed audio outputs is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2006Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicants: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Michael Macaluso, Brion Ebert
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Publication number: 20060235552Abstract: A time synchronization beacon, which includes a plurality of timing signals at a plurality of different respective carrier frequencies, is synchronously transmitted over a power line network to synchronize consumption of media content data, such as audio data, which has been transmitted over the network from a power line communications (“PLC”) audio source to PLC equipped media content consumption devices, such as stereo audio speaker sets. The sets of speakers can be located in different respective rooms throughout a facility. The audio data can be in the form of network audio network data packets including one or more channels of audio data. The PLC consumption devices select which transmitted channel data is received and consumed. The beacon coordinates the start time of consumption of segments of audio data samples, and the sample-to-sample consumption time interval at PLC equipped consumption devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: ARKADOS, INC.Inventors: Constantine Manis, Oleg Logvinov, Lawrence Durfee
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Patent number: 7106177Abstract: Data throughput rate in a power line communications (“PLC”) system is controlled by generating PLC carrier signals in accordance with a PLC signal frame structure containing payload symbols where orders of modulation are selected for the individual PLC carriers based on evaluation of at least one of a PLC system channel quality and node configuration data. The selected orders of modulation determine the processing operations that a source PLC transceiver performs for generating PLC signals or that a destination PLC transceiver performs for extracting information content from received PLC signals. The orders of modulation can be selected to maximize the data throughput rate while maintaining compatibility with prior art PLC system protocols and standards that require a PLC signal frame structure and its payload portion to have fixed, predetermined lengths.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Patent number: 6917888Abstract: Fault detection and power network quality monitoring are performed for a power line network using power line communications (“PLC”) signal transceiving and data processing capabilities. Power line signals are continuously received and processed to obtain signal data representative of power line network operating conditions that are expressed in the received power line signals. The harmonic content and noise signature of the signal data are evaluated with reference to known fault signature data and power line network topology properties for detecting and identifying the location of an existing or anticipated fault in the power line network and assessing power transmission quality of the network.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2003Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Arkados, Inc.Inventors: Oleg Logvinov, Lawrence F. Durfee, Dirk Walvis