Simultaneous transmission of an analog pots signal and a digital signal on a subscriber line
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1. A data communications apparatus for enabling a plurality of telephone-type services to be provided to a plurality of telephone-type devices connected to a single subscriber line, said apparatus comprising:
- circuitry connectable to at least one of said plurality of telephone-type devices wherein said circuitry enables said at least one of said plurality of telephone-type devices to operate using a frequency band higher than a plain old telephone system (POTS) frequency band on the subscriber line; and
interface circuitry attachable to said single subscriber line to enable said at least one of said plurality of telephone-type devices using said frequency band higher than said POTS frequency band to simultaneously share said single subscriber line with another one of said plurality of telephone-type devices that uses the POTS frequency band;
wherein said plurality of telephone-type services comprises at least one of a video phone service, a digital phone service with a protocol utilized for communication over the Internet, a digital facsimile service, an audio service utilizing audio compression, a digitized audio service, an audio and visual data streaming service, a multimedia service, a home security service, and a meter reading service, wherein the real-time services are serviced in a timely manner using polling.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for simultaneously providing multiple telephone-type services to any/all POTS-type devices on a single wire pair at a user premises. The present invention provides for the ability to add separately addressable POTS devices on a single service loop. This can be accomplished in at least two ways: first by the use of a multipoint protocol or second by Frequency Division Multiplexing.
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1. A data communications apparatus for enabling a plurality of telephone-type services to be provided to a plurality of telephone-type devices connected to a single subscriber line, said apparatus comprising:
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circuitry connectable to at least one of said plurality of telephone-type devices wherein said circuitry enables said at least one of said plurality of telephone-type devices to operate using a frequency band higher than a plain old telephone system (POTS) frequency band on the subscriber line; and
interface circuitry attachable to said single subscriber line to enable said at least one of said plurality of telephone-type devices using said frequency band higher than said POTS frequency band to simultaneously share said single subscriber line with another one of said plurality of telephone-type devices that uses the POTS frequency band;
wherein said plurality of telephone-type services comprises at least one of a video phone service, a digital phone service with a protocol utilized for communication over the Internet, a digital facsimile service, an audio service utilizing audio compression, a digitized audio service, an audio and visual data streaming service, a multimedia service, a home security service, and a meter reading service, wherein the real-time services are serviced in a timely manner using polling. - 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. A method for use in a data communications apparatus, said method comprising:
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providing a plurality of telephone-type services to a plurality of telephone-type devices connected to a single subscriber line of said data communications apparatus, at least one of said plurality of telephone-type devices operating within a frequency band higher than a plain old telephone system (POTS) frequency band; and
enabling said at least one of said plurality of telephone-type devices to operate within said frequency band higher than said POTS frequency band and to simultaneously share said single subscriber line with another one of said plurality of telephone-type devices that uses the POTS frequency band;
wherein providing a plurality of telephone-type services comprises providing at least one of a video phone service, a digital phone service with a protocol utilized for communication over the Internet, a digital facsimile service, an audio service utilizing audio compression, a digitized audio service, an audio and visual data streaming service, a multimedia service, a home security service, and a meter reading service, wherein the real-time services are serviced in a timely manner using polling. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A system comprising:
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a subscriber line;
a first telephone-type device designed to communicate within a plain old telephone system (POTS) frequency band, the first telephone-type device connected to the subscriber line;
a second telephone-type device designed to communicate within a frequency band that is higher than the POTS frequency band, the second telephone-type device implementing at least one of an audio service that utilizes audio compression, a DSL service, a multimedia service, a video phone service, a digital phone service including a protocol for communication over the Internet, a digital facsimile service, an audio and visual data streaming service, a home security service, and a meter reading system service including real-time devices that are serviced in a timely manner using polling; and
interface circuitry that interfaces the second telephone type-device to the subscriber line and enables the second telephone-type device to communicate within a frequency band that is higher than the POTS frequency band. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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