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US 11,736,311 B2Granted
Gateway for transporting out-of-band messaging signals
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsKevin N. Taylor, Doug Jones
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Abstract
A Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) having a gateway configured to output signals on over data tunnels for transfer over a cable network to Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). Each data tunnel is preferably characterized as a one-way data stream of out-of-band (OOB) messaging signals.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the apparatus to:
- send, to a computing device, at least one indication associating a plurality of different network addresses with a plurality of data tunnels of different types, wherein the at least one indication is sent via a data tunnel different from the plurality of data tunnels;
- send, via the plurality of data tunnels of the different types and to the computing device, a plurality of signals;
- and
- cause the computing device to process the at least one indication before processing the plurality of signals.
4 more elements
A system comprising:
- a computing device and a receiving device;
- wherein the computing device comprises:
- one or more first processors;
- and
- memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, configure the computing device to:
- send, to the receiving device, at least one indication associating a plurality of different network addresses with a plurality of data tunnels of different types, wherein the at least one indication is sent via a data tunnel different from the plurality of data tunnels;
- send, via the plurality of data tunnels of the different types and to the receiving device, a plurality of signals;
- and
- cause the receiving device to process the at least one indication before processing the plurality of signals;
- and
- wherein the receiving device comprises:
- one or more second processors;
- and
- memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, configure the receiving device to:
- receive the at least one indication and the plurality of signals.
12 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- sending, to a computing device, at least one indication associating a plurality of different network addresses with a plurality of data tunnels of different types, wherein the at least one indication is sent via a data tunnel different from the plurality of data tunnels;
- sending, via the plurality of data tunnels of the different types and to the computing device, a plurality of signals;
- and
- causing the computing device to process the at least one indication before processing the plurality of signals.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.