US 2004/0177163 A1 · Systems and methods for integrating microservers with a network interface device

Abstract

A network interface device has an isolation device adapted to isolate a transport medium internal to a customer premises from a transport medium external to the customer premises such that operational changes to one of the internal and external transport media do not affect the other of the internal and external transport media. A first interface is coupled with the isolation device and adapted to communicate with the external transport medium, which is in communication with a distribution point. A second interface is coupled with the isolation device and adapted to communicate with the internal transport medium. A microserver is disposed external to the customer premises and coupled with the first and second interfaces. The microserver is adapted to receive telecommunication information from the external transport medium and includes software for implementing a predetermined function over the internal transport medium by processing the received telecommunication information.

Claims46

Dependent claims

A network interface device comprising:

an isolation device adapted to isolate a transport medium internal to a customer premises from a transport medium external to the customer premises such that operational changes to one of the internal and external transport media do not affect the other of the internal and external transport media;
a first interface coupled with the isolation device and adapted to communicate with the external transport medium, wherein the external transport medium is in communication with a distribution point;
a second interface coupled with the isolation device and adapted to communicate with the internal transport medium;
and
a microserver disposed external to the customer premises and coupled with the first and second interfaces, wherein the microserver is adapted to receive telecommunication information from the external transport medium and includes software for implementing a predetermined function over the internal transport medium by processing the received telecommunication information.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/624,454Filed 21 Jul 2003

Priority

31 Jan 2003

Published

9 Sep 2004

Term ends

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Classification23 codes

H04M 3/005
Automatic or semi-automatic exchanges: interface circuits for subscriber lines
H04L 63/02
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
H04N 5/45
For displaying additional information: picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
H04N 7/141
Systems for two-way working: between two video terminals, e.g. videophone

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