Broadband communications access device

• US 7,257,106 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2003
• Issued: 08/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Zhigu Holdings Limited
• Original Assignee: 3e Technologies International, Inc. (Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC)
• Inventors: Chen, Steven Chien-Young, Wang, Ray
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Doris H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N.
• Application Number:
  US10/413,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20040047310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,583 Days
• Field of Search: 370/230, 370/235, 370/270, 370/276, 370/352, 370/400, 370/401, 370/466, 370/468, 370/467, 370/323, 370/333, 370/389, 370/328, 370/338, 379/219, 379/114.03, 379/114.05, 379/114.21, 379/110.01, 379/201.01, 455/417, 455/54.1, 4554261-4262, 455/462, 455/556.1, 455/557, 455/554.2, 455/550.1, 455/74, 725/31, 725/82, 725/74, 725/103, 725/114, 725/14, 707/250, 707/220, 707/229
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2812 describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content retrieval from the Internet G06F16/95
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2834 Switching of information between an external network and a home network access arrangements H04L12/2856
• 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 12/56 Packet switching systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2845 Telephone line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5615 Network termination, e.g. NT1, NT2, PBX
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5663 Support of N-ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0478 Provisions for broadband connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

An integrated phone-based home gateway system. The integrated phone-based home gateway system is a multi-function wireless and wired networking, wireless and wired telephony, broadband, gateway device. It provides automatic wireless and wired broadband initialization, configuration and service provisioning, gateway, routing and bridging functionality, wireless and wired data and telephony functionality and allows resource sharing among multiple wireless and wired devices.

Claims

1. An integrated phone-based home gateway system, comprising in combination:

a home gateway interface for initializing wireless voice communications, initializing wireless data communications and for providing gateway, routing and bridging functionality for wireless networking communications, wherein the home gateway interface includes automatic service provisioning on the home gateway interface for automatically allocating, configuring and maintaining multiple transmission channels and virtual communications paths used for wireless and wired broadband communications;

a wired communications interface for connecting to external wired devices, for connection to one or more wired broadband communications networks and for providing wired broadband communications;

a wireless communications interface for connecting to external wireless devices, for connecting to one or more wireless communications networks, for providing broadband wireless data communications and for providing broadband wireless voice communications, wherein the wireless communications interface includes a short-range wireless communications interface for connecting to a wireless piconet and a long-range wireless communications interface for connecting to a wireless wide area network; and

a multi-function telephony handset for providing telephony communications.

2. The integrated phone-based home gateway system of claim 1 wherein the wired communications interface includes a copper wire, coaxial cable, or fiber-optic cable interface.

3. The integrated phone-based home gateway system of claim 1 wherein the copper wire interface includes a digital subscriber line (DSL) interface.

4. The integrated phone-based home gateway system of claim 1, wherein the wired communications interface includes communications channels for voice communications and for Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications.

5. The integrate phone-based home gateway system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communications interface includes a short-range wireless communications interface for connecting to a wireless local area network.

6. The integrated phone-based home gateway system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communications interface includes a Bluetooth protocol interface, 802.11b protocol interface, RF Home protocol interface, Shared Wireless Access Protocol interface or Wireless Application Protocol interface.

7. The integrated phone-based home gateway system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communications interface includes a Bluetooth protocol interface and an 802.11b protocol interface.

8. The integrated phone-based home gateway system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communications interface includes communications channels for wireless voice communications and for wireless Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications.

9. The integrated phone-based home gateway system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communications interface includes a wireless communications interface for connecting to a wireless Small Office Home Office (SOHO) network.

10. The integrated phone-based home gateway system of claim 1 further comprising a display interface for displaying information from the home gateway interface, wired communications interface and wireless communications interface.