Patents by Inventor Richard Joerger

Richard Joerger 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).

  • Optical line terminal that detects and identifies a rogue ONT
    Publication number: 20060268759
    Abstract: An optical line terminal (OLT) determines when an optical network terminal (ONT) has become a rogue ONT, and then identifies the rogue ONT so that service can be restored. The OLT identifies the rogue ONT by comparing the received power levels with the levels that would be expected during normal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Clayton Emery, Richard Joerger
  • Optical network terminal with illegal transmission detection circuitry
    Publication number: 20060198635
    Abstract: An optical network terminal, which includes an optical transmitter, monitors the status of the optical transmitter, such as the output or the power consumption of the optical transmitter, to determine when the optical transmitter is illegally transmitting. When an illegal transmission is detected, the optical network terminal removes power from the optical transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Clayton Emery, Richard Joerger
  • High-power, multiple output amplifier in a passive optical network
    Publication number: 20060045521
    Abstract: The service disruptions that are caused when a high-power, multiple output amplifier is turned off to allow downstream sections of a fiber optic cable or optical equipment to be safely removed for repair or cleaning is substantially reduced by utilizing a number of switches that can pass a modulated light beam under normal conditions, or remove the light beam when maintenance is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Clayton Emery, Richard Joerger
  • System and method of delivering operating power and power source status signals over a single pair of wires
    Publication number: 20060034449
    Abstract: The subscriber end of a network, such as a Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) network, utilizes a pair of wires to provide both power source (battery) status information and operating power over the pair of wires by superimposing tones, which indicate the status of the battery, onto a DC voltage on the pair of wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventor: Richard Joerger
  • Method and apparatus of circuit configuration and voice traffic transport
    Publication number: 20060018657
    Abstract: A method according to an embodiment of the invention includes configuring a virtual circuit according to a fixed structured data transport (SDT) structure to transport traffic for provisioned and unprovisioned voice lines supported by an ONU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Moshe Oron, Richard Joerger