Patents by Inventor Boris Katzenberg

Boris Katzenberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for remotely powering access equipment over a 10/100 switched ethernet network
    Patent number: 6218930
    Abstract: Apparatus for remotely powering access equipment over a 10/100 switched Ethernet network comprises an Ethernet switch card with a phantom power supply for remote access equipment and added circuitry for automatic detection of remote equipment being connected to the network; determining whether the remote equipment is capable of accepting remote power in a non-intrusive manner; delivering the phantom power to the remote equipment over the same wire pairs that deliver the data signals, and automatically detecting if the remote equipment is removed from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Merlot Communications
    Inventors: Boris Katzenberg, Joseph A. Deptula