US 6,189,037 B1 · Broadband data interface

Abstract

A broadband data interface and a broadband digital interface couples broadband systems to digital client systems. The broadband digital interface is coupled to the digital client systems to transfer data to and from the digital client systems. The broadband digital interface is owned and controlled by the digital client systems. The broadband data interface interfaces broadband systems to the broadband digital interface. The broadband data interface is customized for the particular broadband system such that the broadband data interface is owned and controlled by the operator of the broadband system. The broadband data interface contains a broadband receiver and network access control to permit the broadband system operator to implement access control for data transmitted from the broadband system to the clients. The broadband data interface further includes a broadband transmitter and broadband access control to transfer data from the broadband digital interface to the broadband system and to provide access control to the broadband system.

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Dependent claims

A network comprising:

a standard broadband digital interface to receive data from multiple broadband data sources, wherein the broadband data sources each have an associated unique broadband data protocol, and further wherein the standard broadband digital interface generates output signals to communicate data received from the broadband data sources according to an interface-client protocol;
and
one or more client devices coupled to the standard broadband interface to receive information from the broadband data sources, wherein the client devices are configured to receive the data according to the interface-client protocol.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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