Coaxial cable/twisted pair fed, integrated residence gateway controlled, set-top box
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsIrwin Gerszberg, Jeffrey S. Martin, Thomas Oplinger, Philip Andrew Treventi, Hopeton S. Walker
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Abstract
A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed, integrated residence gateway controlled set-top device provides a plurality of services. One service is lifeline service which may be provided over the coaxial cable via a cable modem of the integrated residence gateway or over the twisted pair facility. An integrated residence gateway is coupled to either or both of the coaxial cable or twisted pair and distributes the bandwidth facilities available over either service vehicle to customer devices including a set top box.
Claims9
System apparatus for coupling to a serving coaxial cable and providing at least one tap to an associated terminal device via a coaxial line including at least one twisted pair line for providing power to said terminal device, the system apparatus for telecommunications services over a twisted pair, cable television services over a coaxial cable and data services over one of the twisted pair or the coaxial cable, the system apparatus comprising:
- an asynchronous digital subscriber line modem;
- a cable modem;
- an Ethernet interface;
- a radio frequency audio/video interface;
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- a processor, responsive to said asynchronous digital subscriber line modem and said cable modem, for controlling communications via said Ethernet interface and said radio frequency audio/video interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.