Inventor · Wheaton, IL, US

Carl Robert Posthuma

27Patents
12h-index
27Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 28, 1995 → Aug 25, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6959184B1 Method for determining the security status of transmissions in a telecommunications network Electricity 134 Expired
US6694012B1 System and method to provide control of music on hold to the hold party Electricity 64 Expired
US7058174B2 System and method for providing lifeline power service to digital subscriber line customers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 57 Expired
US6496566B1 Metallic testing of a subscriber loop that provides both voice and digital subscriber line services Electricity 56 Expired
US6748078B1 System and method for allocating overhead voltage in the transmission of pots and XDSL signals Electricity 36 Expired
US6456694B1 Method for prequalifying subscriber lines for high speed data service Electricity 31 Expired
US6144659A Telecommunication equipment support of high speed data services Electricity 27 Expired
US6349130B1 Method to pre-qualify copper loops for ADSL service Electricity 20 Expired
US5673255A Apparatus for providing service to telephone subscribers connected to a remote terminal from multiple telephone service providers Electricity 17 Expired
US6072793A Electronically controlled main distributing frame Electricity 13 Expired
US6898280B1 Line card and method for supporting pots, asymmetric DSL and symmetric DSL services Electricity 13 Expired
US6647024B1 System and method for an all digital communication system with a life line Electricity 13 Expired
US6459773B1 System to pre-qualify copper subscriber loops for high bandwidth access service using subscriber or network generated tones Electricity 12 Expired
US6229846A Apparatus and method for implementing high speed modem communication support Electricity 10 Expired
US6952417B1 System and method for selectively providing data communications in an XDSL communication system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6782078B1 System to pre-qualify copper subscriber loops for high bandwidth access service using subscriber voice signals Electricity 5 Expired
US6836509B1 Dsl- compatible pots line card Electricity 4 Expired
US7676031B2 Method and apparatus for selectively terminating current in a digital subscriber line (DSL) modem Electricity 3 Active
US6519253B1 Telecommunication equipment support of ISDN communication lines for high speed data transmission Electricity 3 Expired
US7039056B2 High quality audio and video over digital subscriber lines (DSLs) Electricity 2 Expired
US6694015B1 Universal line interface in telecommunications system Electricity 2 Expired
US8830812B2 Optimizing precoder settings using average SINR reports for groups of tones Electricity 1 Active
US7860044B2 Methods and apparatus for providing synchronization in a multi-channel communication system Electricity 0 Active
US7027590B2 Dynamic allocation of overhead voltage to support simultaneous transmission of signals on a telecommunication line Electricity 0 Expired
US7016474B2 Reduced cost digital subscriber line (DSL) interface arrangement Electricity 0 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.