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Provisioning of Services Via an Optical Fiber Network

  • US 20080013956A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2006
  • Published: 01/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a human-habitable building;

    an optical network including a plurality of optical fibers at least partially disposed in the building;

    an apparatus having a receiver configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of signals from different services sourced from outside the building and a transmitter configured to simultaneously send all of the signals as optical signals to the optical fiber network, wherein at least two of the services are selected from a television service, an Internet service, and a telephone service;

    a plurality of converters each coupled to the optical network so as to receive a portion of the optical signals, each converter being disposed in a different one of the rooms, and each converter configured to convert the respective received portion of the optical signals into an electrical signal; and

    a plurality of conduits each carrying only a single one of the optical fibers between the apparatus and one of the converters.

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