Integrated set-top box DSL VOIP WIFI device
View Patent ↗An integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device including a housing; a telecommunications line input for accepting a telecommunications line containing a video content signal and a data content signal from a provider, the data content signal for providing the voice over internet protocol to a telecommunication's device; a virtual local area network for splitting the video content signal and the data content signal; a video output for accepting a video line for transmitting the video content signal to a video device; a data output for accepting an audio line for transmitting the data content signal to at least one of a telecommunications device and a digital computing device; an antenna for transmitting the data content signal to a wireless communications device; and a passive pass-through filter for connection for providing transmission of E911 service voice signals.
1. An integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device comprising:
a housing;
a telecommunications line input for accepting a telecommunications line containing a video content signal and a data content signal from a provider, said data content signal for providing said voice over internet protocol to a telecommunication's device;
a virtual local area network for splitting said video content signal and said data content signal;
a video output for accepting a video line for transmitting said video content signal to a video device;
a data output for accepting an audio line for transmitting said data content signal to at least one of a telecommunications device and a digital computing device;
an antenna for transmitting said data content signal to a wireless communications device;
a passive pass-through filter for connection for providing transmission of E911 service voice signals, said passive pass-through filter being enclosed within said housing; and
a telephone jack in communication with said passive pass-through filter and configured to enable voice signals to be communicated to a telephone powered by said telecommunications line input and via said telephone jack.
2. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 1 further comprising a tuner for selecting a particular video content signal.
3. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 1 further comprising at least one of a digital signal processor and analog to digital converter codec for processing said data content signal.
4. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 1 wherein said virtual local area network further differentiates said data content signal and said video content signal based on the header information contained in one of the layer 3 and layer 4 of the OSI model data packets containing said data content signal and said video content signal.
5. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 1 wherein said virtual local area network further includes time division multiple access protocols.
6. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 1 further comprising an electronic unit operating under dynamic host configuration protocol for processing said data content signal.
7. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 1 further comprising at least one of a Quadrature Amplitude Modulation encoder and decoder.
8. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 1 further comprising circuitry for interconnecting said coaxial input, said virtual local area network, said video output, and said data output.
9. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 1 wherein said provider is a telecommunications operator.
10. An integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device comprising:
a housing;
an input means for accepting a telecommunications line containing a video content signal and a data content signal from a provider, said data content signal for providing said voice over internet protocol to a telecommunication's device;
a virtual local area network means for splitting said video content signal and said data content signal;
a video output means for accepting a video line for transmitting said video content signal to a video device;
a data output means for accepting an audio line for transmitting said data content signal to at least one of a telecommunications device and a digital computing device;
an antenna means for transmitting said data content signal to a wireless communications device;
a filter means for providing transmission of E911 service voice signals, said passive pass-through filter being enclosed within said housing; and
a connection means in communication with said filter means and configured to enable voice signals to be communicated to a telephone powered by said input means and via said connection means.
11. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 10 further comprising a means for tuning a particular video content signal.
12. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 10 further comprising a means for processing said data content signal.
13. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 10 further comprising a means for converting an analog signal to a digital signal for processing said data content signal.
14. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 10 wherein said virtual local area network means further differentiates said data content signal and said video content signal based on the header information contained in one of the layer 3 and layer 4 of the OSI model data packets containing said data content signal and said video content signal.
15. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 10 wherein said virtual local area network means further includes time division multiple access protocols.
16. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 10 further comprising a means for processing said data content signal under an electronic unit operating under dynamic host configuration protocols.
17. The integrated Set-Top Box DSL VOIP WIFI device of claim 10 further comprising at least one of means for encoding and means for decoding using Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.