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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 6,510,152 B1 (*) Notice R USOO651O152B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 6,510,152 B1 Gerszberg et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jan. 21, 2003 (54) COAXIAL CABLE/TWISTED PAIR FED, 5,880,446 A 3/1999 Mori .......................... 235/380 INTEGRATED RESIDENCE GATEWAY 5,940,387 A * 8/1999 Humpleman ................ 370/352 CONTROLLED, SET TOP BOX 5,978,780 A 11/1999 Watson ........................ 705/40 5.991,800 A * 11/1999 Burke et al. ................ 709/218 5.999.207 A 12/1999 Rodriguez et al. ............ 348/14 (75) Inventors: SES inton.sty 6,026,158. A 2/2000 Bayless et al. ............. 379/355 Martin, Y. plinger, 6,034,689 A * 3/2000 White et al. ................ 345/357 Morristown, Philip Andrew Treventi, 6,049,831. A 4/2000 Gardell et al. .............. 709/236 Murray Hill; Hopeton S. Walker, 6,137,839 A * 10/2000 Mannering et al. ......... 375/260 Haledon, all of NJ (US) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (73) Assignee: AT&T Corp., Middletown, NJ (US) David Iler, “Telephony Over Cable, Communications Engi (*)* ) Notice:Notice RSubject t Neildisclai TGI. the E."t f thi neeringLee Goldbers, and Design”, MCNA/DOCSIS 12/98, http://www.cednagazine.com. MAC Clear a Path For the Cable-Modem Invasion, Electronic Design”, Dec. 7, 1997, U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. http://www.penton.com/ed/PageS/magpages/dec0197/ comtech/1201ct1.htm. (21) Appl. No.: 09/224,281 Ralph W. Brown, “Pegasus Set-top Terminal', 3/97, http:// (22) Filed: Dec. 31, 1998 www.pathfinder.com/corp/tech/brown?pegasuS/pegasuSSet topnctapaper.html, Time Warner Cable. Related U.S. Application Data Salamone, S: “ISDN: Give Up and Go?", BYTE, US McGraw-Hill Inc., St. Peterborough, vol. 21, No. 2, Feb. 1, (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/001,417, filed on 1996, pp. 75-76, 78 and 80. Dec. 31, 1997, and a continuation-in-part of application No. Copy of Partial European Search Report for EP 98.303476, 09/001424, filed on Dec. 31, 1997. completed Aug. 21 2OOO. (51) Int. Cl. ................................................ H04L 12/66 * cited bw examiner (52) U.S. Cl. ....................... 370/352; 370/480; 370/463; y 375/222; 725/110; 72.5/111 Primary Examiner Hassan Kizou (58) Field of Search ................................. 370/352, 353, Assistant Examiner Tim Spafford 370/480, 485, 486, 487, 493, 913, 463, (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 222; 725/109, 110, 111, 151 (57) ABSTRACT (56) References Cited A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed, integrated residence U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS gateway controlled set-top device provides a plurality of services. One service is lifeline service which may be 4,358,672 A 11/1982 Hyatt et al. ................. 235/380 provided over the coaxial cable via a cable modem of the 4,654.868 A 3/1987 Shelley........ ... 379/106 integrated residence gateway or over the twisted pair facility. 5,475,740 A 12/1995 Biggs, Jr. et al. ............. 379/91 An integrated residence gateway is coupled to either or both 5,598.401 A 1/1997 Blackwell et al. ............ 379/94 of the coaxial cable or twisted pair and distributes the 5,610,910 A 3/1997 Focsaneanu et al. ........ 370/351 bandwidth faciliti ilabl ith hicl 5,613,191 A 3/1997 Hylton et al...... ... 455/3.1 andWidt ac ities available over either SerVIce Vehicle to 575s.2ss A 5/1998 Dann et al... 455,456 customer devices including a set top box. 5,774,802 A 6/1998 Tell et al. ................... 455/408 5,793,028 A 8/1998 Wagener et al. ............ 235/380 9 Claims, 26 Drawing Sheets INTERSPAN OR EXAMPLE NETWORK SA-DSL ODES . MULTIPEXING 4 ACCESS NODE • ROUTING T303 SGNAI3G PACKETFCIRCUIT INTERSPAN CONVERSION HIGH SPEED • LINE MONITORING BACKBOE CUSTOMER PROTECTOR t BLOCK PREMISES INTELLIGENT FACLITIES SERVICES MGMT DIRECTOR PLATFORM ISD) 22 WIRE DIGITAL PHONES FOR EXAMPE cENE VOICE CODING DATA ENTERFACE CONTROL FOR EXAMPLE - - - SERVER ... MLTIPLEXING PLATFORM VOICE, DATA CONNECTION | (NSP . SA-DSL MODEM MANAGEMENT ARPAIONLAUNCHER AST POP CASP ACCESS CUSTOMER NETWORK |ER SERYER ACCESS DDM2000 COMPLEX SG-1 ROUTER --e.g., TIR FTS2000 f : WORNET SERVICE NODE COMMON THERNET s 50- "Shi'it': BACKBONE CPE U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 2 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 09 U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 4 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 FIG. 1D TO DOWNSTREAM SUBSCRIBERS U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 6 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 7 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 STIMES,30:0ISIMIºlº ------l U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 8 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 FIG. 3B - N-- *N POWER TO 174 POWER DEVICES : SUPPLY POWER IN 145 VIDEO CAMERA 141 OUCH SCREEN DISPLAY MOTION 148 153N KEYBOARD ! 143,155-N SPEAKER- CONTROLLER El Sat-17 PHONE HIGH-SPEED 172 INTERFACE 144, 150 HANDSETI CIRCUITRY KEYPAD CREDIT CARD ! 146,147 SMARTCARD DATA INTERFACE READER, WRITER 152-N PRINTERIFAXI SCANNER 171 SIGNAL PROCESSOR 151 POSTAGE METER U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 9 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 2 S}{HOMIBN01 U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 10 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 *N FIG. 4B HP K9000 NSP 82 VOICE 186 PROCESSORT Iril PROCESSOR 18O C C 18O FDDI 5oss S5Se PLATFORM Sons | 191 -ED || Sir,INFO SERVER/DBMSa exckson stsS NETWORK E S-4 185 ; SONET59. 18O | LINK 183 - u- 6 S STRATUS CONTINUUM FTC U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 12 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 FIG. 6A VOICE 1 FRAME STRUCTURE FOR DYNAMIC ALLOCATION o V2 W4 on De D2 D3 D3. On ETHERNET DATA 2 (e.g. VIDEO) FIG. SB W3 IS REALLOCATED TO D3 to valve valogo, Ioanalogos D3 U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 13 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 }HOMIENSSEJJWTW00] WJd }NITWIW0 kHd U.S. Patent NGEG U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 16 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 38 (dSN)WHO-||Wild ENIT HOSSB00Bd|}}}d HOOAOHMIIBIGY)É XHOMIEN9?HEMHES H300H0HMIIBIGY)E} OSIH - ---------- U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 17 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 FIG 11 VOICE DATA OUT OF BAND SIGNALING TCP, UDP, RSVP, ETC. O.93 ATM A DATA LINK LAYER ATM TWRC (DSL) U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 18 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 FIG. 12 COAX TO r TO CENTRA C-FMPt 'EEEE. 630 -2. 630N 2. t NETWORK GOO INEEE -1 RF AEAUDIO/ (NIU) INTERFACE Q ---- (e.g. COAX) / - - - - - - is - y INSIDE HOME 614 PERIPHERALS 62O O - A 612-y 513 sto- ( ) U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 19 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 20 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 SS-300W B0ON didd—-|----—9NITENN?I }HOMIENSS300W U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 21 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 22 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 FIG. 16 COAX DROP AC OR DC POWER 131 SET TOP SET TOP SERVICES DEVICE DIRECTOR (ISO) DEVICE visis PAIRS 360 st FIG. 19 13 ----- --- - - - - - - - - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MV. --V - --- - - 404 420 406 -O SET-TOP MEMORY POWER VIDEO AND SCREEN SUPPLY CAMERA DISPLAYS ETHERNET SET-TOP RF INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER RECEIVER SERVICES IEEE 1394 DIRECTOR (ISD) TUNERI MPEG OECODER VIDEO RF IR RF OUT TRANSMITTER RECEIVER ANTENNA 422 44 32 U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 23 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 FIG. 17 FIG. 18 220 OO O. 2 - - No 95 M O ' O 226- - OOCOOO . 1 30 NA A TW YOLE PER 216 REDIA AS CH FLASH TY E O) 311 32 3.0 - OnT YIOEOEN PHONE of EEPHONE 302 afto 304 IP U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 24 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 222 ANTENNA 522 516 ANTENNA RF INFARED 514 RECEIVER TRANSMITTERS 504 USER HANDSET MEMORY INTERFACE CONTROLLER U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 25 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 FIG 21 VIDEO PHONE 900 TV BOO PAGES 906 92 WHITE PAGES WIDEO YELLOWPAGES CASH & OPERATOR (CUSTOMER 902 COUPON | SERVICES CARE E-MAIL N-- U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 26 of 26 US 6,510,152 B1 INCOMING CALL FIG. 22 802 DURATION FIG. 23 O D B12 WIDEO OF RECIPIENT 824 PHONE 826 NUMBER DIALED DIRECTORY RESPONSE TO ADVERTISING FIG. 24 ADVERTISEMENT 832 NUMBER TO CALL US 6,510,152 B1 1 2 COAXIAL CABLE/TWISTED PAIR FED, cations Service Subscriber. In copending U.S. patent appli INTEGRATED RESIDENCE GATEWAY cation Ser. No. 09/001,363, filed Dec. 31, 1997 entitled “ISD CONTROLLED, SET TOP BOX Wireless Network”, it was suggested to provide a wireless integrated Service director for communicating with wireleSS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. appli subscriber apparatus Also, from other U.S. Patent cation Ser. No. 09/001,417, entitled “NSP Integrated Billing Applications, for example, in “Circuit-Switched Switching System For NSP services and Telephone services” and System” U.S. Pat. No. 5,978,370, issued Nov. 2, 1999, it is 09/001424, entitled “ISD Controlled Set-Top Box” filed known to provide Satellite or other wireleSS connections Dec. 31, 1997 of Gerszberg et al. directly to the local Subscriber, thus bypassing the local network and the local telephone company. FIELD OF THE INVENTION Yet another opportunity for bypassing the local telephone The invention relates generally to telephone communica company is the provision of telecommunications Services tion Systems and, more particularly, to a local house or over known coaxial cable or hybrid optical fiber coaxial feeder to a house network using a hybrid optical fiber and cable television transmission Systems utilizing cable televi twisted pair and/or coaxial cable connected multiplexing 15 Sion spectrum in the downstream (toward the Subscriber) device.
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