Patents by Inventor Melvin Joseph White, II
Melvin Joseph White, II 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).
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Patent number: 8723667Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for managing a power distribution network is provided. In one embodiment, the computer program product comprises a VARs management module configured to generate a command configured to cause a capacitor bank to connect to the power distribution network; a voltage management module configured to receive voltage data derived from a measurement of a power line of the power distribution network and to output an alert if the voltage data is beyond a threshold; a measurement module configured to generate a request for measurement data that comprises data of a measurement of one or more electrical parameters of the power distribution network; and a power outage management module configured to output data of a location of a power outage of the power distribution system.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventor: Melvin Joseph White, II
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Patent number: 8198999Abstract: A system for operating a power line communications system is provided. One embodiment is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass device, communication interface devices and others. In one embodiment, two groups of network elements in the same electrical distribution system are isolated except selected communication link. The network elements respond to requests for data and send out of limit notifications to a remote computer.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventors: Melvin Joseph White, II, James Douglas Mollenkopf
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Publication number: 20110118888Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for managing a power distribution network is provided. In one embodiment, the computer program product comprises a VARs management module configured to generate a command configured to cause a capacitor bank to connect to the power distribution network; a voltage management module configured to receive voltage data derived from a measurement of a power line of the power distribution network and to output an alert if the voltage data is beyond a threshold; a measurement module configured to generate a request for measurement data that comprises data of a measurement of one or more electrical parameters of the power distribution network; and a power outage management module configured to output data of a location of a power outage of the power distribution system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2011Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventor: Melvin Joseph White, II
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Publication number: 20100176968Abstract: The present invention provides a communication device for use with a power line communication system. One embodiment of the present invention forms a communication device that comprises a first wireless modem, a controller, a second modem, and a sensor module. The controller operates the sensor module to take power line parameter measurements such as measurements of the voltage and/or current, which may be wirelessly transmitted to a remote device by the first modem. In addition, the controller may compare the measurements with thresholds and transmit notifications if a measurement is beyond a threshold. Data may be received from one or more user devices, such as utility meters or computers, by the second modem and wirelessly transmitted upstream by the first modem.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventor: Melvin Joseph White, II
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Patent number: 7701325Abstract: The present invention provides a communication device for use with a power line communication system. One embodiment of the present invention forms a bypass device and comprises a LV coupler, a LV signal conditioner, a controller, a MV modem, a first MV signal conditioner, an isolator, a second MV signal conditioner, and a MV coupler. The controller may provide routing functions to give priority to certain types of data, control access to the network, filter data packets, process software upgrades, and provision new subscriber devices. In addition, the controller may monitor, process, and transmit traffic data, measured power data, errors, and other collected data.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventor: Melvin Joseph White, II
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Publication number: 20090134996Abstract: A system for operating a power line communications system is provided. One embodiment is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass device, communication interface devices and others. In one embodiment, two groups of network elements in the same electrical distribution system are isolated except selected communication link. The network elements respond to requests for data and send out of limit notifications to a remote computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Inventors: Melvin Joseph White, II, James Douglas Mollenkopf
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Patent number: 7466225Abstract: A system for operating a power line communications system is provided. One embodiment is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass device, communication interface devices and others. In one embodiment, two groups of network elements in the same electrical distribution system are isolated except selected communication link.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventors: Melvin Joseph White, II, James Douglas Mollenkopf
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Patent number: 7436321Abstract: A method of communicating utility usage data is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting real-time utility usage data from a plurality of utility meters, receiving the real-time utility usage data from the plurality of utility meters, storing the real-time utility usage data in a memory, storing address information of the plurality of utility meters in memory, receiving requests from a plurality of utility users for real-time utility usage information and wherein the requests traverse a communication path that includes the Internet, processing the utility usage data of the utility users to provide the real-time utility usage information for each utility user, and transmitting the real-time utility usage information to the utility users over a communication path that includes the Internet.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2005Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventors: Melvin Joseph White, II, James Douglas Mollenkopf
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Patent number: 7250848Abstract: The present invention provides a communication device for use with a power line communication system. One embodiment of the present invention forms a bypass device and comprises a LV coupler, a LV signal conditioner, a controller, a MV modem, a first MV signal conditioner, an isolator, a second MV signal conditioner, and a MV coupler. The controller may provide routing functions to give priority to certain types of data, control access to the network, filter data packets, process software upgrades, and provision new subscriber devices. In addition, the controller may monitor, process, and transmit traffic data, measured power data, errors, and other collected data.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventor: Melvin Joseph White, II
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Patent number: 7245212Abstract: A communication device for use with a power line communication system is provided. One embodiment forms a bypass device and comprises a low voltage coupler, a low voltage signal conditioner, a controller, a medium voltage modem, a first medium signal conditioner, an isolator, a second medium voltage signal conditioner, and a medium coupler. The controller may provide routing functions to give priority to certain types of data, control access to the network, filter data packets, process software upgrades, and provision new subscriber devices. In addition, the controller may monitor, process, and transmit traffic data, measured power data, errors, and other collected data.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventors: Leonard D. Cope, James Douglas Mollenkopf, Paul A. Kline, Melvin Joseph White, II
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Patent number: 7224272Abstract: A PLCS network element that provides communications to one or more user devices and may also repeat data for other network elements is provided. In one embodiment, the device includes software for discovering its upstream gateway, for acting as a gateway for other devices, and for relaying DHCP transmissions. In addition, the device includes software for receiving and processing commands from a remote computer system that may include commands enabling and disabling the repeater functionality. Finally, the device may also include software for receiving and processing configuration information that may include, for example, information of the other network devices for which it will repeat.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventors: Melvin Joseph White, II, Henry Nguyen Tran, Alice Shirley Filemyr, Robert Douglas Kehn
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Patent number: 6998962Abstract: A communication device for use with a power line communication system is provided. One embodiment forms a bypass device and comprises a low voltage coupler, a low voltage signal conditioner, a controller, a medium voltage modem, a first medium voltage signal conditioner, an isolator, a second medium voltage signal conditioner, and a medium voltage coupler. The controller may provide routing functions to give priority to certain types of data, control access to the network, filter data packets, process software upgrades, and provision new subscriber devices. In addition, the controller may monitor, process, and transmit traffic data, measured power data, errors, and other collected data.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventors: Leonard D. Cope, James Douglas Mollenkopf, Paul A. Kline, Melvin Joseph White, II
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Patent number: 6980091Abstract: The present invention provides a system for operating a power line communications system that is comprised of a plurality of network elements, which may take the form of repeaters, bypass devices, backhaul devices, wireless backhaul devices, enhanced bypass device, communication interface devices and others. In one embodiment, two groups of network elements in the same electrical distribution system are isolated except selected communication link.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Current Technologies, LLCInventors: Melvin Joseph White, II, James Douglas Mollenkopf