Local area network of serial intelligent cells
First Claim
1. An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal, the outlet comprising:
- a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring;
a data interface connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit;
a telephone connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set;
a data transceiver coupled between said data interface connector and said wiring connector for transmitting and receiving digital data with the data unit connected to said data interface connector; and
a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, and wherein said outlet is further addressable in a network.
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Abstract
An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal. The outlet includes: a wiring connector operative for connecting the outlet to the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector coupled to the wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit; a telephone connector coupled to the wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set; and a single enclosure housing the wiring connector, the data interface connector and the telephone connector, wherein the enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening.
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195 Claims
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1. An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal, the outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit; a telephone connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set; a data transceiver coupled between said data interface connector and said wiring connector for transmitting and receiving digital data with the data unit connected to said data interface connector; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, and wherein said outlet is further addressable in a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17)
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13. An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal, the outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit; a telephone connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, and wherein; the telephone signal is an analog telephone signal, and the digital data signal and telephone signal are frequency multiplexed; the digital data signal is carried in a frequency band distinct from, and higher than, the analog telephone signal, and said outlet further comprises; a high pass filter coupled between said wiring connector and said data interface connector for passing only the digital data signal; and a low pass filter coupled between said wiring connector and said telephone connector for passing only the analog telephone signal. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal, the outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit; a telephone connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, and wherein; the telephone signal is a digitized telephone signal; the digital data signal and digitized telephone signals are time multiplexed; and said outlet further comprises; a time multiplexer/demultiplexer coupled between said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, said time multiplexer/demultiplexer being operative to pass the telephone signal between said wiring connector and said telephone connector and to pass the digital data signal between said wiring connector and said data interface connector; and a converter coupled between said telephone connector and said time multiplexer/demultiplexer for converting between the digitized telephone signal and the analog telephone signal. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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18. An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal, the outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit; a telephone connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, further comprising a first transceiver coupled between said wiring connector and data interface connector, for conducting the serial digital data signal over the in-wall wiring. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal, the outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit; a telephone connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set; a data transceiver coupled between said data interface connector and said wiring connector for transmitting and receiving digital data with the data unit connected to said data interface connector; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, and wherein the serial digital data signal coupled to the data unit conforms to an Ethernet standard. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal, the outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit; a telephone connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, said outlet being further operative to provide a standard computer bus interface, said outlet further comprising a computer connector and mechanical means for connecting and attaching to a computer plug-in unit, said computer connector being coupled to said wiring connector. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. An outlet for coupling a data unit and an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring that simultaneously carries a bi-directional serial digital data signal multiplexed with a telephone signal, the outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the data unit, for coupling the serial digital data signal to the data unit; a telephone connector coupled to said wiring connector and connectable to the analog telephone set, for coupling the telephone signal to the telephone set; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data interface connector and said telephone connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, said outlet further comprising firmware and a processor executing said firmware, and wherein the serial digital data is coupled to said processor via said wiring connector. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. An outlet for coupling to a data unit and to in-wall wiring, said outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a first transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for conducting a full-duplex serial digital data communication over the in-wall wiring; a data interface connector connectable to the data unit; a second transceiver coupled to said data interface connector for conducting a bi-directional serial digital data communication with the data unit; firmware and a processor executing said firmware, said processor being coupled to said first and second transceivers; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said processor, said firmware, said data interface connector, and said first and second transceivers, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into an outlet receptacle or opening. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. An active outlet for coupling to first and second data units, said outlet comprising:
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a first data interface connector connectable to the first data unit; a first transceiver coupled to said first data interface connector for conducting full-duplex serial digital data communication with the first data unit; a second data interface connector connectable to the second data unit; a second transceiver coupled to said second data interface connector for conducting full-duplex serial digital data communication with the second data unit; and a single enclosure housing said first and second data interfaces, and said first and second transceivers; wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. An outlet for coupling an analog device to an in-wall wiring carrying serial digital data, the outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for conducting serial digital data communication over the in-wall wiring; an analog connector connectable to the analog device for coupling the serial digital data to the analog device; a converter for converting between analog and digital signals coupled between said analog connector and said transceiver; and a single enclosure housing said transceiver, and said wiring and analog connectors, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125)
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107. An outlet for coupling to an in-wall wiring carrying serial digital data, said outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting the outlet to said in-wall wiring; a first transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for conducting serial digital data communication over the in-wall wiring; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector and said first transceiver, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening, and wherein said outlet is further operative to couple serial digital data to a data unit, and said outlet further comprises; a data interface connector connectable to the data unit; and a second transceiver coupled between said first transceiver and said data interface connector for conducting bi-directional digital data communication with the data unit. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130)
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131. An outlet for coupling an analog telephone set to in-wall wiring carrying digitized telephone data, said outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for conducting communication of the digitized telephone data over the in-wall wiring; a telephone connector connectable to an analog telephone set for coupling the analog telephone set to the digitized telephone data; a converter for converting between analog and digitized telephone signals coupled between said telephone connector and said transceiver; and a single enclosure housing said transceiver, said converter and said wiring and telephone connectors, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening. - View Dependent Claims (132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150)
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151. An outlet for parallel coupling to in-wall wiring carrying bi-directional serial digital data, said outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting said outlet to the in-wall wiring; a transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for conducting serial digital datacommunication over the in-wall wiring; a parallel port coupled to said transceiver for parallel coupling to the serial digital data; and a single enclosure housing said transceiver, said parallel port and said wiring connector, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening. - View Dependent Claims (152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173)
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174. An active outlet for coupling distinct first and second data conveying transmission lines, said outlet comprising:
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a first port couplable to the first digital data conveying transmission line, the first transmission line being at least in part in wall of a building; a first transceiver coupled to said first port for bi-directional serial digital data communication with an identical transceiver over the first digital data conveying transmission line; a second port couplable to the second digital data conveying transmission line, the second digital data conveying transmission line being of a type distinct from the first digital data conveying transmission line; a second transceiver coupled to said second port for bi-directional serial digital data communication with an identical transceiver over the second digital data conveying transmission line, said second transceiver being of a type distinct from said first transceiver; and a single enclosure housing said first and second ports and said first and second transceivers, wherein said first and second transceivers are coupled to each other for passing data between said first and second ports, and said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening. - View Dependent Claims (175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195)
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