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System for distributing radio telephone signals over a cable television network

  • US 5,381,459 A
  • Filed: 11/03/1993
  • Issued: 01/10/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for distributing telephone calls between a telephone network and a plurality of remote telephones via a cable television network distributing television signals over at least one television channel, wherein said telephone network is connected to a base station, and wherein said remote telephones are served by a plurality of serially connected remote sites connected to said cable television network, said method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving, at said base station, a plurality of outgoing telephone calls from telephone lines comprising said telephone network;

    (b) inserting data indicative of said outgoing telephone calls received by said base station from said telephone network into a data frame;

    (c) applying said data frame to a data channel of said cable television network;

    (d) transmitting data in said data frame applied to said data channel of said cable television network to said remote telephones via a plurality of outgoing telephone channels using a radio frequency transceiver located at each one of said remote sites;

    (e) receiving incoming telephone calls from said remote telephones via a plurality of incoming telephone channels using said radio frequency transceiver;

    (f) adding data indicative of said incoming telephone calls received from said remote telephones to a second data frame;

    (g) applying said second data frame to said cable television network via a second channel of said cable television network for transmission to said base station; and

    (h) applying said data indicative of said incoming telephone calls in said second data frame to said telephone lines at said base station.

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