Transmitting caller ID within a digital stream

• US 20040083493A1
• Filed: 04/11/2003
• Published: 04/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Next Level Communications, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sheppard, Steven, Eames, Thomas R., Penna, Douglas A., Swisher, James L., Eldering, Charles A., Weeks, William
• Application Number:
  US10/411,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20040083493A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/63 to plural spots in a confined site, e.g. MATV [Master Antenna Television]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2874 Processing of data for distribution to the subscribers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/062 using different frequency bands for speech and other data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/20 hybrid systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/12 for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1215 where a cable TV network is used as an access to the PSTN/ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/125 Details of gateway equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/40 Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6187 involving transmission via a telephone network, e.g. POTS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/106 for domestic distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/108 the cable being constituted by a pair of wires
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/24 Systems for the transmission of television signals using pulse code modulation H04N21/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/52 : Systems for transmission of a pulse code modulated video signal with one or more other pulse code modulated signals, e.g. an audio signal or a synchronizing signal assembling of a multiplex stream by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, remultiplexing of multiplex streams, insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, assembling of a packetised elementary stream at server side H04N21/236; disassembling of a multiplex stream, remultiplexing of multiplex streams, extraction or processing of Service Information, disassembling of packetised elementary stream at client side H04N21/434

Abstract

Transmitting caller identification data to residential equipment within a digital transport stream is provided. Telephony signals that include caller identification data are received and the caller identification data is extracted from the telephony signals. The caller identification data in is then embedded the digital transport stream. The digital transport stream, including the caller identification data, is transmitted to residential equipment. The residential equipment extracts the data from the digital stream and presents the caller ID data to a subscriber overlaid on video.

Claims

1. In a telecommunications system, a method of transmitting caller identification data to residential equipment within a digital transport stream, the method comprising:

receiving telephony signals that include caller identification data;

extracting the caller identification data from the telephony signals;

embedding the caller identification data in the digital transport stream; and

transmitting the digital transport stream to the residential equipment.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising

extracting the caller identification from the transport stream;

and

displaying the caller identification data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital transport stream includes at least some subset of voice, data, and video.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving includes receiving the telephony signals from a Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving includes receiving the telephony signals at a central office.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said extracting includes extracting the caller identification data at a central office.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said extracting is performed by a broadband digital terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said embedding includes embedding the caller identification data at a central office.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said embedding is performed by a broadband digital terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving includes receiving the telephony signals from a central office.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving includes receiving the telephony signals at a remote terminal.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the remote terminal is a universal service access multiplexor.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the remote terminal is a broadband service access multiplexor.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said extracting includes extracting the caller identification data at a remote terminal.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said extracting is performed by a caller identification intercept circuit.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein said extracting is performed by an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said embedding includes embedding the caller identification data at a remote terminal.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said embedding is performed by an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

19. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting includes transmitting the digital transport stream to the residential equipment over twisted wire pairs.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting includes transmitting the digital transport stream to the residential equipment over coaxial cable.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital transport stream is a digital subscriber line (xDSL) transport stream.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the digital subscriber line (XDSL) transport stream is a VDSL transport stream.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the digital subscriber line (xDSL) transport stream is an ADSL plus transport stream.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmitting includes transmitting the digital transport stream utilizing a packetization protocol.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the packetization protocol is asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the packetization protocol is Internet protocol (IP).

27. The method of claim 1, wherein said extracting includes extracting the caller identification within the residential equipment.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the residential equipment is a residential gateway.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the residential equipment is an etherset.

30. In a telecommunications system, a system capable of transmitting caller identification data to residential equipment within a digital transport stream, the system comprising:

a receiver to receive telephony signals that include caller identification data;

means to extract the caller identification data from the telephony signals;

means to embed the caller identification data in the digital transport stream; and

a transmitter to transmit the digital transport stream to the residential equipment.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein said receiver is located in a central office and receives the telephony signals from a Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN).

32. The system of claim 30, wherein said receiver is located in a remote terminal and receives the telephony signals from a central office.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein said means to extract is located in a central office.

34. The system of claim 30, wherein said means to extract is located in a broadband digital terminal.

35. The system of claim 30, wherein said means to extract is located in a remote terminal.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the remote terminal is a universal service access multiplexor.

37. The method of claim 35, wherein the remote terminal is a broadband service access multiplexor.

38. The system of claim 30, wherein said means to extract is a caller identification intercept circuit.

39. The system of claim 30, wherein said means to extract is an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

40. The system of claim 30, wherein said means to embed is located in a central office.

41. The system of claim 30, wherein said means to embed is located in a remote terminal.

42. The system of claim 30, wherein means to embed is an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

43. The system of claim 30, wherein said transmitter transmits the digital transport stream to the location over twisted wire pairs.

44. The system of claim 30, wherein said transmitter transmits the digital transport stream to the location over coaxial cable.

45. The system of claim 30, wherein the digital transport stream is a digital subscriber line (xDSL) transport stream.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein the digital subscriber line (XDSL) transport stream is a VDSL transport stream.

47. The system of claim 45, wherein the digital subscriber line (xDSL) transport stream is an ADSL plus transport stream.

48. The system of claim 30, wherein said transmitter transmits the digital transport stream utilizing a packetization protocol.

49. The system of claim 48, wherein the packetization protocol is asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)

50. The system of claim 48, wherein the packetization protocol is Internet protocol (IP).

51. The system of claim 30, further comprising residential equipment to receive the digital transport stream and extract the caller identification data therefrom.

52. The system of claim 51, wherein the residential equipment is a residential gateway.

53. The system of claim 51, wherein the residential equipment is an etherset.

54. A residential gateway for receiving a digital stream from a telecommunications network and extracting and distributing video signals to a plurality of televisions locatable within at least two separate locations in a residential environment and extracting caller identification signals and distributing them to at least one display device connected to the residential gateway, said residential gateway comprising:

a plurality of remote control devices, associated with a respective one of the plurality of televisions, to transmit channel select commands;

a network interface module to receive the digital stream, wherein the digital stream is capable of including video signals corresponding to the channel select commands and caller identification data associated with incoming telephony calls;

means for constructing at least one series of video packets from the received video signals;

a plurality of video processors for decoding the at least one series of video packets to produce at least one television signal;

a video packet bus for transporting the at least one series of video packets to said plurality of video processors; and

means for extracting the caller identification data from the digital stream and overlaying it on a display device connected to the residential gateway.