Patents by Inventor Oliver Chef

Oliver Chef 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).

  • Method for terminating an operation of a CPE device, and respective CPE device using the method
    Patent number: 9288308
    Abstract: The method for terminating an operation of a CPE device, which comprises a front-end component for an xDSL connection of a Central Office Equipment supplying a multitude of customers, comprises the steps of: sending a power loss information to the Central Office Equipment in case of a power loss or a switch-off operation of the CPE device and powering the front-end component for a predetermined time to avoid a termination impedance change of the front-end component, by keeping the supply power up for the front-end component, to keep the termination impedance stable as long as necessary for the Central Office Equipment to avoid introduction of non-cancelled crosstalk, which may arise in xDSL connections of other customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Massimo Cuzzola, Oliver Chef, Bart Persoons
  • METHOD FOR TERMINATING AN OPERATION OF A CPE DEVICE, AND RESPECTIVE CPE DEVICE USING THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20150124859
    Abstract: The method for terminating an operation of a CPE device, which comprises a front-end component for an xDSL connection of a Central Office Equipment supplying a multitude of customers, comprises the steps of: sending a power loss information to the Central Office Equipment in case of a power loss or a switch-off operation of the CPE device and powering the front-end component for a predetermined time to avoid a termination impedance change of the front-end component, by keeping the supply power up for the front-end component, to keep the termination impedance stable as long as necessary for the Central Office Equipment to avoid introduction of non-cancelled crosstalk, which may arise in xDSL connections of other customers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Massimo Cuzzola, Oliver Chef, Bart Persoons