Communication router apparatus and method of use thereof

• US 9,877,167 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2015
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rodney Goossen
• Original Assignee: Rodney Goossen
• Inventors: Goossen, Rodney
• Primary Examiner(s): Poon, King
• Assistant Examiner(s): PEREN, VINCENT ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US14/720,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20160345140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 976 Days
• Field of Search: 455566
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The invention comprises an outside transceiver relaying digital television, internet, and/or phone data from a provider through an exterior wall of a personal residence or building to an inside transceiver, the inside transceiver used to distribute the data to one or more interior devices. The outside transceiver is optionally a small, AC-powered, weatherproof, high-speed, high-bandwidth transceiver configured to transmit and/or receive physical and/or wireless connections with remote services, that is positioned outside of a structure and used to encrypt and/or transfer the data over a limited range through an exterior wall to the inside transceiver, which is a small AC-powered device configured to decrypt and distribute the received transmitted signal, such as wirelessly, via an HDMI port, via an Ethernet port, via a co-axial cable, via a fiber optic line, and/or to any Wi-Fi enabled device within a transmission range.

Claims

1. A method for localized communication, comprising the steps of:

mounting an outside communication device on a vertical exterior perimeter of a living structure;

said outside communication device transmitting a wireless signal through said vertical exterior perimeter of the living structure, wherein the wireless signal transmits over a range of less than one hundred feet, the wireless signal comprising data received via at least one of a fiber optic and a cable from a service provider, said outside communication device semi-permanently mounted outside of said vertical exterior perimeter, the wireless signal comprising an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) compliant standard signal;

an inside communication device receiving the wireless signal, wherein the vertical exterior perimeter of the living structure is not penetrated by a communication wire connecting said outside communication device to said inside communication device, wherein the wireless signal degrades at least ninety percent in less than one thousand feet;

said outside communication device directing the wireless signal over a first solid angle of less than one hundred thirty-five degrees toward an element of the vertical exterior perimeter; and

said outside communication device degrading a range of the wireless signal, as determined by at least a fifty percent decrease in intensity, over a second solid angle of at least forty-five degrees, said second solid angle not intersecting the vertical exterior perimeter.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

a contractor installing;

(1) said fiber optic to said outside communication device and (2) said outside communication device in a garage, wherein the vertical exterior perimeter comprises a separation between an interior living area and said garage, said contractor step of installing not requiring said contractor to enter the interior living area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said vertical exterior perimeter of the living structure comprises an interior finish wall of the living structure, said outside communication device at least partially embedded in an outside wall of the living structure.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

positioning all of the outside communication device in a garage associated with the living structure, the vertical exterior perimeter of the living structure comprising a separation between the living structure and a garage.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

orientating a display screen of said outside communication device at an angle between twenty and seventy degrees off of the vertical surface.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

said inside communication device distributing the wireless signal to at least two devices, the two devices comprising two separate service set identifier (SSID) codes.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of:

said inside communication device distributing the wireless signal to at least two of;

a television, a tablet, and a phablet.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of:

encrypting the wireless signal broadcast from the outside communication device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

said outside communication device alternatingly transmitting a first signal type for a first time duration and a second signal type for a second time duration, said first time duration and said second time duration separated by less than one hundredth of a second.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

said outside communication device compressing the first signal; and

said inside communication device decompressing the first signal.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

said IEEE compliant signal transmitting the wireless signal in compliance with at least one of;

an IEEE Wi-Fi 802.11n signal standard;

an IEEE 802.11ac signal standard, and an IEEE 802.11ax standard,

said outside communication device comprising at least one of;

an outside transceiver, an outside receiver, and an outside router.

12. The method of claim 11, said outside communication device comprising a weatherproof, high-speed/high-bandwidth transceiver.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of:

encrypting an outgoing signal passing through the exterior vertical wall from said inside communication device to said outside communication device,

said inside communication device comprising at least one of;

an inside transceiver, an inside receiver, and an inside router.

14. An apparatus for localized communication, comprising:

an outside communication device comprising a first transceiver configured to transmit a wireless signal through an exterior perimeter of a living structure, wherein the wireless signal transmits over a range of less than one hundred feet during use, the wireless signal comprising data received via a cable, from a service provider, said outside communication device semi-permanently mounted outside of said exterior perimeter, the wireless signal comprising an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) compliant standard signal, said outside communication device further comprising a reflective surface configured to yield a reduced range, characterized by at least a fifty percent reduction in intensity, of a portion of the wireless signal broadcast over a solid angle not intersecting the exterior perimeter;

an inside communication device comprising a second transceiver configured to receive the wireless signal, wherein the exterior perimeter of the living structure is not penetrated by a communication wire connecting said outside communication device to said inside communication device, wherein the wireless signal degrades at least ninety percent in less than one thousand feet.