Patents by Inventor Gad Laufer

Gad Laufer 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).

  • Pairing PLC devices
    Patent number: 8552844
    Abstract: A power line communication device includes a power line communication unit, a sensor to sense a physical connection to a second power line communication device other than via a powerline medium and a pairing unit to receive an indication of a physical connection between the power line communication device and the second power line communication device and to initiate a pairing process with the second power line communication device. A method of pairing communication devices which communicate along a non-data-cable medium includes sensing a data cable connection with a second device, entering an appropriate pairing state upon sensing the data cable connection, the pairing state being either an add device state or a join device state and performing pairing with the second device along the non-data-cable connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sigma Designs Israel S.D.I Ltd
    Inventors: Eran Yakar, Ram Verbin, Tsach Shwartz, Ronald Bruce Sterenson, Ran Kern, Gad Laufer
  • PAIRING PLC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20110194624
    Abstract: A power line communication device includes a power line communication unit, a sensor to sense a physical connection to a second power line communication device other than via a powerline medium and a pairing unit to receive an indication of a physical connection between the power line communication device and the second power line communication device and to initiate a pairing process with the second power line communication device. A method of pairing communication devices which communicate along a non-data-cable medium includes sensing a data cable connection with a second device, entering an appropriate pairing state upon sensing the data cable connection, the pairing state being either an add device state or a join device state and performing pairing with the second device along the non-data-cable connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: ERAN YAKAR, Ram Verbin, Tsach Shwartz, Ronald Bruce Sterenson, Ran Kern, Gad Laufer