VideogeniX receives patent for iPulse technology

Published June 26th, 2009

VideogeniX has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent for the company’s iPulse technology, a watchdog device for IP networks.

The patent recognizes the unique ability of the iPulse to provide more dependable functionality and consistent connectivity for network devices including cameras, cell modems, routers and wireless radios, without human intervention.

“One of the greatest challenges for networks is that under certain conditions such as power surges, brown outs, communication failures and solar flares, IP devices may experience operating errors and lock up,” explained Glen Schaff, CEO of VideogeniX and a former senior lead software engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Space Research for NASA’s Chandra telescope camera.

According to the patent, iPulse provides a method for network devices to recover from a fault or lockup condition by monitoring the communications of their digital signals. If the device stops working for any reason, iPulse automatically restarts the device, eliminating the need for human intervention.

What makes the iPulse completely unique is that unlike conventional device watchdogs, the testing and validation that iPulse performs doesn’t stop at the device to which iPulse is connected. Instead, iPulse validates functionality both at the local device and all the way back across remotely wired, wireless or intermediary devices that may reach as far as the network extends.

In addition, iPulse doesn’t require its own power source but fits in-line with any existing device and while regulating the power for its own use, passes the original power back to the device.

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