Patents by Inventor David Frederick DiBiase

David Frederick DiBiase 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 providing switching at a telephone cross-connect
    Patent number: 7203306
    Abstract: A cost-effective technique for inserting a switching module into a line pair of a local telecommunications network is disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment does not replace a punch-down block at a cross-connect, but rather inserts the switching module between the modular connectors that are usually co-located with the punch-down block and that connect the cable pairs to the punch-down block. In other words, the illustrative embodiment provides for a technician to disconnect a pair of modular connectors and to insert a switching module between them, wherein the switching modules inputs and outputs are provided via modular connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Loopexpert Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Edward Bain, David Frederick DiBiase, George Andrew Holz, Robert Ellis Richton
  • Apparatus and method for providing switching at a telephone cross-connect
    Publication number: 20040005049
    Abstract: A cost-effective technique for inserting a switching module into a line pair of a local telecommunications network is disclosed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment does not replace a punch-down block at a cross-connect, but rather inserts the switching module between the modular connectors that are usually co-located with the punch-down block and that connect the cable pairs to the punch-down block. In other words, the illustrative embodiment provides for a technician to disconnect a pair of modular connectors and to insert a switching module between them, wherein the switching modules inputs and outputs are provided via modular connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Douglas Edward Bain, David Frederick DiBiase, George Andrew Holz, Robert Ellis Richton