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Information outlet and industrial set top functionality

  • US 5,968,118 A
  • Filed: 08/08/1996
  • Issued: 10/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for delivering multiple communication services to at least one user location comprising:

  • a video monitor disposed at the user location, the video monitor receptive to at least one VHF channel;

    an information outlet disposed at the user location and having a plurality of output ports, the information outlet adapted to receive communication signals from a remote location and to distribute the signals according to a service type to respective ones of the output ports, the plurality of ports including a video port, a voice port, and a data port;

    a transmissive connection from the video output port to the video monitor;

    precisely one cable extending between the remote location to the information outlet, the cable serving only one user location;

    a selection device disposed at the remote location, the selection device being remotely operable from the user location for selecting a video signal from precisely one of a plurality of incoming video channels, modulating the video signal on a VHF channel, and sending the modulated signal, via the cable, to the information outlet;

    a voice device disposed at the remote location, the voice device configured to receive external voice signals and place them on the one cable for transmission to the information outlet; and

    a data device disposed at the remote location, the data device configured to receive external data signals and place them on the cable for transmission to the information outlet;

    wherein the video signals, external voice signals, and external data signals collectively occupy a plurality of UHF and VHF channels on the one cable.

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