Method of transmitting data including a structured linear database

• US 20050240607A1
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Melick, Bruce D., Baych, Leslie D., Snyder, David M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,983,146 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/211 Schema design and management
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7163 using impulse radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/4902 Pulse width modulation; Pulse position modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A method, system and type of database for transmitting data is disclosed in which the data is organized into a structured linear database. The structured linear database includes a routing header portion, a file allocation table, a data portion and a tailbit portion. The structured linear database may be transmitted over any type of network, such as a TM-UWB system or a fiber-optic system. Once the data to be transmitted is identified, a corresponding field is identified in the field allocation table giving the location of the data within the transmission. This field is then referenced by the user to access the specific type of data desired at the given location of the transmission. this process may be repeated enabling data to be stored on transmission lines and accessed at any point at any time providing an always on network.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method for communications over a hard-wired medium, comprising:

receiving a data transmission transmitted using ultra wideband over a hard-wired medium;

accessing data within the transmission using a communication protocol that defines a time

position of data within the data transmission based on type of data.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the communication protocol defines the position of data within the data transmission in a one-dimensional format such that pulse start information and pulse end information for a data field is used to decode data from the data transmission.

23. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 21 wherein the step of transmitting is transmitting using an ultra wideband radio frequency system on a traditional RF carrier over a wireless medium.

24. The method of transmitting data between a device and a communications channel interface of claim 21 wherein the step of transmitting is transmitting using an ultra wideband radio frequency system on a traditional RF carrier over a hard-wired medium.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the ultra-wideband signals representative of data comprise a multiplicity of pulse position modulated signals.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the ultra-wideband signals representative of data are modulated at a variable pulse rate frequency.

27. The method of claim 21, wherein the ultra-wideband signals representative of data are modulated at a pseudo-random pulse rate frequency.

28. The method of claim 21, wherein the communication signal is used to transmit data selected from the group consisting of:

telephony data, high-speed data, digital video data, digital television data, Internet communication data and audio data.

29. A method of transmitting and receiving data through a combination fiber and non-fiber hardwired network for data, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a combination fiber and non-fiber hard-wired network for data;

combining a multiplicity of ultra-wideband signals representative of data with a combination fiber and non-fiber hard-wired network for data carrier signal prior to a signal transmission;

receiving a combined signal comprising the multiplicity of ultra-wideband signals representative of data and the combination fiber and non-fiber hard-wired network for data carrier signal; and

separating the combined signal into the multiplicity of ultra-wideband signals representative of data and the combination fiber and non-fiber hard-wired network for data carrier signal.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the network for data carrier signal is used to transmit data selected from the group consisting of:

telephony data, high-speed data, digital video data, digital television data, Internet communication data and audio data.

31. The method of claim 29, wherein the ultra-wideband signal is used to transmit data selected from the group consisting of:

telephony data, high-speed data, digital video data, digital television data, Internet communication data and audio data.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein the ultra-wideband signal and the combination fiber and non-fiber network for data carrier signal use separate portions of an electromagnetic radiation spectrum.

33. The method of claim 29, wherein the ultra-wideband signal and the combination fiber and non-fiber network for data carrier use substantially common portions of an electromagnetic radiation spectrum.