A TELEPHONE OUTLET FOR IMPLEMENTING A LOCAL AREA NETWORK OVER TELEPHONE LINES AND A LOCAL AREA NETWORK USING SUCH OUTLETS

• US 20130137296A1
• Filed: 01/28/2013
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc (MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management))
• Original Assignee: MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management)
• Inventors: BINDER, Yehuda
• Granted Patent: US 8,855,277 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/535
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2843 Mains power line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2845 Telephone line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/062 using different frequency bands for speech and other data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0003 Interconnection between telephone networks and data networks

Abstract

An outlet for coupling at least one data unit to digital data carried over wiring that simultaneously carry a packet-based serial digital data signal and a power signal over the same conductors. The outlet includes: a wiring connector for connecting to the wiring; a transceiver coupled to the wiring connector for transmitting and receiving packet-based serial digital data over the wiring; a LAN connector coupled to the transceiver for bi-directional packet-based data communication with at least one data unit; a bridge or a router coupled between the transceiver and the LAN connector for passing data bi-directionally between the at least one data unit and the wiring; and a single enclosure housing the above-mentioned components. The enclosure is mountable into a standard wall outlet receptacle or wall outlet opening, and the transceiver and the bridge or router are coupled to the wiring connector to be powered from the power signal.

Claims

1. An outlet for coupling at least one data unit to digital data carried over wiring that simultaneously carry a bi-directional packet-based serial digital data signal and a power signal over same conductors, and the outlet comprising:

a wiring connector for connecting to the wiring;

a transceiver coupled to the wiring connector and operative for transmitting and receiving bi-directional packet-based serial digital data over the wiring;

a LAN connector coupled to the transceiver for bi-directional packet-based serial digital data communication with one or more data units;

a bridge or a router coupled between the transceiver and the LAN connector for passing data bi-directionally between the one or more data units and the wiring; and

a single enclosure housing the transceiver, the wiring connector, the LAN connector, and the bridge or router,

wherein the enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard wall outlet receptacle or wall outlet opening, and wherein the transceiver and the bridge or router are coupled to the wiring connector to be powered from the power signal.