Patents by Inventor Silke RAEHMER

Silke RAEHMER 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, a server and a client providing secured communication in a power distribution communication network
    Patent number: 9923903
    Abstract: A technique is provided that addresses how to provide secured communication in a power distribution communication network. Specifically, upon receipt of a request for an insertion of a new device to the power distribution communication network, checking a unique identifier of the new device received in the request against a list of stored new devices or suppliers stored in a data storage. Upon finding a matching entry, evaluating a predetermined device or supplier certificate against a certificate of the new device received in the request. Upon validation of the received certificate, checking to determine if the new device will fit into a predetermined network topology or relation table that indicates which messages are authorized messages. Configuring the power distribution communication network to include the new device in case the new device fits into the predetermined network topology or the relation table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Dieter Kopp, Klaus Stocker, Silke Raehmer
  • A METHOD, A SERVER AND A CLIENT PROVIDING SECURED COMMUNICATION IN A POWER DISTRIBUTION COMMUNICATION NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160112436
    Abstract: A technique is provided that addresses how to provide secured communication in a power distribution communication network. Specifically, upon receipt of a request for an insertion of a new device to the power distribution communication network, checking a unique identifier of the new device received in the request against a list of stored new devices or suppliers stored in a data storage. Upon finding a matching entry, evaluating a predetermined device or supplier certificate against a certificate of the new device received in the request. Upon validation of the received certificate, checking to determine if the new device will fit into a predetermined network topology or relation table that indicates which messages are authorized messages. Configuring the power distribution communication network to include the new device in case the new device fits into the predetermined network topology or the relation table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Dieter KOPP, Klaus STOCKER, Silke RAEHMER