Patent ID: 7387529

Claim:
A method for using a portable connector for power line networking in remote applications, the portable connector including a housing, the portable connector including a single AC connector comprising a first prong and a second prong, the first prong and the second prong being coupled to a first pair of wires, the first pair of wires including a first wire coupled to the first prong and a second wire coupled to the second prong, the pair of wires being housed within an insulating material, the portable connector including a hardware module coupled to the first pair of wires, the hardware module being positioned within the housing, the portable connector including a networking wire and a DC wire, a first portion of the networking wire and the DC wire being bundled together with a heat shrink tube and extending out from the housing and further being separated in a Y-shaped configuration, the Y shaped configuration including a single network connector and a single DC connector, a second portion of the networking wire being connected to the single network connector, a second portion of the DC wire being connected to the single DC connector, the port connector including powerline module being adapted to convert a plurality of data signals from an OFDM format into a second format, the powerline module being positioned within the housing, the method comprising: coupling the single AC connector, into a powerline enabled socket, the socket including at least a first receptacle and a second receptacle, the first receptacle being coupled to the first prong and the second receptacle being coupled to the second prong; transferring at least a plurality of AC signals and a plurality of data signals from the single AC connector through at least the first pair of wires coupled to the single AC connector, the first pair of wires including the first wire coupled to the first prong and the second wire coupled to the second prong; transferring the plurality of AC signals and the plurality of data signals to the hardware module coupled to the first pair of wires; converting the plurality of AC signals into a DC signal in the hardware module; transferring the DC signal from the hardware module through the DC wire to the single DC connector coupled to the hardware module; transferring a plurality of communication signals associated with the plurality of data signals from the hardware module through the single network wire to the single network connector coupled to the hardware module; and coupling the single network connector and the single DC connector to a remote application.