Telephone communication system over a single telephone line
First Claim
1. An outlet connectable to an analog device and to a wiring installed in a wall, the wiring carrying serial digital data that contains digitized analog data in a digital data frequency band, said outlet comprising:
- a wiring connector operative for connecting to the wiring;
data conducting means comprising one out of a modem;
a transceiver;
a receiver; and
a transmitter, coupled to said wiring connector for conducting communication of the serial digital data over the wiring;
an analog connector connectable to the analog device for coupling an analog signal to the analog device;
a converter for converting between analog and digital signals coupled between said analog connector and said data conducting means, said converter including at least one of an analog-to-digital converter and a digital-to-analog converter; and
a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data conducting means, said analog connector, and said converter,wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening in the wall.
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Abstract
A network for coupling at least one telephone service signal to at least one telephone device over a wiring. The network includes: a wiring having at least two conductors for carrying multiple time-domain multiplexed digitized voice channels; an exchange side device coupled to the wiring and operative to couple at least one telephone service signal to at least one digitized voice channel; and at least one subscriber side device coupled to the wiring and operative to couple the at least one telephone device to at least one digitized voice channel.
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56 Claims
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1. An outlet connectable to an analog device and to a wiring installed in a wall, the wiring carrying serial digital data that contains digitized analog data in a digital data frequency band, said outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting to the wiring; data conducting means comprising one out of a modem;
a transceiver;
a receiver; and
a transmitter, coupled to said wiring connector for conducting communication of the serial digital data over the wiring;an analog connector connectable to the analog device for coupling an analog signal to the analog device; a converter for converting between analog and digital signals coupled between said analog connector and said data conducting means, said converter including at least one of an analog-to-digital converter and a digital-to-analog converter; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said data conducting means, said analog connector, and said converter, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening in the wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An outlet for coupling first and second data units to wiring installed in a wall, the wiring being connected to carry bi-directional serial digital data in a digital data frequency band, the serial digital data including first and second digital data, said outlet comprising:
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a wiring connector operative for connecting to the wiring; a transceiver coupled to said wiring connector for conducting bi-directional serial digital data communication over the wiring; first and second digital data ports for respectively coupling to the first and second data units; a time multiplexer/demultiplexer coupled between said transceiver and said first and second digital data ports, said time multiplexer/demultiplexer being operative to pass only the first digital data between said transceiver and said first digital data port and to pass only the second digital data between said transceiver and said second digital data port; a power port couplable to a power source and coupled to said transceiver and to said time multiplexer/demultiplexer for powering said transceiver and said time multiplexer/demultiplexer from the power source; and a single enclosure housing said wiring connector, said transceiver, said first and second digital data ports, said time multiplexer/demultiplexer, and said power port, wherein said enclosure is dimensioned to be wall-mountable into a standard outlet receptacle or opening. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus for configuring a local area network in a building, for use with first and second wiring segments each comprising two conductors for respectively carrying frequency division multiplexed first and second bi-directional serial digital data in respective first and second digital data frequency bands and respective first and second service signals in respective first and second service signal frequency bands, wherein the first and second digital data frequency bands are distinct from the first and second service signal frequency bands, said apparatus comprising:
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first and second wiring connectors each connectable to a respective one of the first and second wiring segments; first and second data filters each coupled to a respective one of said first and second wiring connectors, and operative to pass respective ones of the first and second digital data frequency bands; first and second modems each respectively coupled to said first and second data filters for respectively conducting the first and second bi-directional serial digital data over respective ones of said first and second wiring segments; a connector for connecting to a device; a multiplexer having first, second and third ports, said multiplexer being operative to pass a first part of the first bi-directional serial digital data between said first and second ports and to pass a second part of the first bi-directional serial digital data between said first and third ports, wherein said first port is coupled to said first modem, the second port is coupled to said second modem and said third port is coupled to said connector; and a single enclosure housing said connectors, said data filters, said modems and said multiplexer. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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