IP Library Granted Patent US 8,000,331
Granted Patent B2
US 8,000,331 · App. 12/766,085 · Granted Aug 16, 2011

Receive device for a cable data service

Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
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Patent No.
US 8,000,331
App. No.
12/766,085
Granted
Aug 16, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A receive device includes a plurality of demodulators and a tunnel destination. The demodulators are configured to receive multiple data streams, each of the multiple data streams having a bit rate that is lower than a bit rate of a transmit data stream. The tunnel destination is configured to recombine the multiple data streams to provide a receive data stream having a bit rate equal to the bit rate of the transmit data stream. At least one of multiple radio frequency channels is connected to a legacy user between a transmit site and the receive device.

Claims (8)

1. A receive device for receiving a transmit data stream from a transmit device over a cable network having multiple radio frequency channels, the transmit data stream divided into multiple data streams, the receive device comprising:

a plurality of demodulators configured to receive the multiple data streams, each of the multiple data streams having a bit rate that is lower than a bit rate of the transmit data stream; and

a tunnel destination configured to recombine the multiple data streams to provide a receive data stream having a bit rate equal to the bit rate of the transmit data stream,

wherein at least one of the radio frequency channels is connected to a legacy user between the transmit device and the receive device.

2. A receive device for receiving a transmit data stream from a transmit site over a cable network having multiple radio frequency channels, the transmit data stream divided into multiple data streams, the receive device comprising:

a plurality of demodulators configured to receive the multiple data streams, each of the multiple data streams having a bit rate that is lower than a bit rate of the transmit data stream; and

a tunnel destination configured to recombine the multiple data streams to provide a receive data stream having a bit rate equal to the bit rate of the transmit data stream,

wherein at least one of the radio frequency channels has connections to a plurality of legacy users and the connections are between the transmit site and the receive device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2013
From: AT&T PROPERTIES, LLC
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
Reel/Frame 029589/0116 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2013
From: AT&T CORP.
To: AT&T PROPERTIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 029579/0245 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2011
From: DESAI, BHAVESH N.; SHANKARANARAYANAN, NEMMARA K.; SHUR, DAVID HILTON; SMILJANIC, ALEKSANDRA; TOTLAND, TODD J.; VAN DER MERWE, JACOBUS E.; WOODWARD, SHERYL LEIGH
To: AT&T CORP.
Reel/Frame 025654/0437 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 12535147 · Aug 4, 2009
Continuation 11215898 · Aug 31, 2005
Continuation 09924617 · Aug 8, 2001
Provisional Application 60275665 · Mar 14, 2001
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