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Broadband communications network services access platform

  • US 6,173,326 B1
  • Filed: 03/16/1998
  • Issued: 01/09/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A broadband communications network service access platform that receives, transmits and processes service information signals between the head-end and back-end of a transmission network, and functions as the primary interface between the end user at the back-end, and the network comprising:

  • a. a means for storing information, such information including an operating system;

    b. a central processing unit, responsive to said operating system;

    c. a network interface means interfacing to both the network and the remainder of the network service access platform;

    d. a signal processing means, responsive to said central processing unit, for processing signals in both directions along the network, including a means for encoding and decoding signals, and a means for accepting commands from an end-user at the network back-end, such commands enabling signal processing for connection to network service;

    e. a communication means, responsive to said central processing unit, for transmitting and receiving information, the transmission including receipt of customer-specific information internal to the network service access platform and translation of such information into a network signal format, and the reception including receipt of addressed information and translation of such information from network signal format into the format used in the network service access platform; and

    f. a customer interface means interfacing to both the customer premises and the remainder of the network service access platform.

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