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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131617 | CONTROL OVER COAX FOR TV SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICES TV signal distribution system which includes a programmable filter device which receives the TV signal and is connected to the end-user TV via an interface device, the interconnections between the devices being made by coaxial cables and a programming unit being connect... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120047545 | TOPOGRAPHIC FRAUD DETECTION Methods and systems to detect topographic fraud are provided herein. The system includes a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) to periodically poll active cable modems and generate polling data. The system also includes a processor and a memory coupled to the CMTS. Th... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120030724 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HACKED MODEMS A system, method, and computer program product are provided for detecting hacked modems in a cable network system. A cable Internet service provider can provide the disclosed heuristic to determine whether a particular cable modem has likely been hacked by obtaining a s... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120017234 | Device-Specific Pre-Provisoining Access-Limiting for a Modem and a Consumer Premise Equipment Device A method of initializing, provisioning, and managing a cable modem and a customer premise equipment device includes, prior to receiving the configuration file for the cable modem, providing an equipment identification message containing a description of the customer pre... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110314509 | CABLE MODEM AND DOWNSTREAM CHANNEL LOCKING METHOD A cable modem locks one of downstream channels and receives a plurality of frequency plan descriptors from a cable modem terminal system (CMTS) over the locked downstream channel. Each frequency plan descriptor includes a fragment quantity field, a fragment sequence num... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310887 | CABLE MODEM AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING VARIOUS PACKET CABLE PROTOCOLS A cable modem in communication with a trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) server includes a default system and a backup system employing various packet cable protocols. The cable modem boots with the default system, obtains a vendor specific information (VSIF) from th... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110271317 | Set-Top-Box Having a Built-In Master Node That Provides an External Interface for Communication and Control in a Power-Line-Based Residential Communication System A set-top-box (STB) provides capability for monitoring and control of power usage and the ability to establish communications. A smart residential service system (SRSS) is provided that uses power line communication (PLC) technology to provide secure in-home LAN communi... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110252453 | Information Device A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110219418 | WIDEBAND CABLE MODEM AND CHANNEL LOCKING METHOD A wideband cable modem includes a plurality of tuners and a plurality of central frequencies each corresponding to one of a plurality of frequency ranges. Each frequency range is divided into a plurality of frequency segments. A scan controlling thread of the wideband c... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110209186 | Variable Modulation Unicast System A system is described that consists of a variable modulation unicast system that utilizes multiple modulation schemes in a cable network for unicast applications and is capable of assigning users to different channels of differing modulation schemes in the network based... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110197246 | Broadcast Media Management Router Video Server A multi wide area network (WAN) media content router, remotely controlled, and located from client reception stations, that enables video stream and multimedia content reception from terrestrial, satellite, internet protocol (IP) sources, 3G, and 4G. The router receives... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110185394 | METHOD OF CATV CABLE SAME-FREQUENCY TIME DIVISION DUPLEX DATA TRANSMISSION Method of bidirectional Time Division Duplex (TDD) data transmission over the same RF frequency ranges of a CATV cable system. The system's slave modem clocks are time synchronized to the master clock of a master modem. The master-to-slave signal propagation times are d... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110182583 | DISTRIBUTED CABLE MODEM TERMINATION SYSTEM Distributed CMTS device for a HFC CATV network serving multiple neighborhoods by multiple individual cables, in which the QAM modulators that provide data for the individual cables are divided between QAM modulators located at the cable plant, and remote QAM modulators ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110185263 | HI-SPLIT UPSTREAM DESIGN FOR DOCSIS In one embodiment, upstream transmission throughput in a cable network is markedly increased by moving up the US/DS frequency split by approximately an order of magnitude to a few hundred MHz. Additional transceivers (carriers) may be implemented to take advantage of th... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110167463 | Fast Initialization of Multi-Mode Devices Systems and methods for initializing a dual mode device can use a network type flag to determine whether a network type is set. The dual mode device can initialize using a network type corresponding to the network type flag. In some implementations, if the network type ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110131624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE CONFIGURATION CONVERSION IN DOSCIC-OVER-PON SYSTEM A method for configuration conversion includes: switching a working mode to a virtual Cable Modem (CM) mode according to a virtual mode switching notification message sent by an Optical Line Terminal (OLT); obtaining first configuration information from an Operations Su... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110078755 | Passive Optical Network Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification Upstream Proxy Architecture Over the Next Generation Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Networks An apparatus comprising a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), an optical network unit (ONU) coupled to the WDM, a passive optical network (PON) data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) upstream proxy (PDUP) coupled to the ONU and configured to couple ... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110055875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING WIMAX OVER CATV, DBS, PON INFRASTRUCTURE A method and apparatus for providing WiMAX coverage via a wired network are provided. For example, systems and methods are discussed in which a Cable TV (“CATV”) network, Direct Broadcasting Satellite (“DBS”) and/or Passive Optical Network (PON) are used in orde... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110010733 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF A CABLE TRAP Firmware is installed in a cable modem, enabling detection of the presence or absence of a cable trap in the feed of a customer location. Such a cable modem includes a trap-detection module and a trap-detection object. The trap-detection module is configured to determin... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100303438 | INFORMATION DEVICE A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100266000 | DISCRETE SPURIOUS LEAKAGE CANCELLATION FOR USE IN A CABLE MODEM A novel apparatus for and method of discrete spurious frequency leakage cancellation for use in a cable modem. The spurious leakage cancellation mechanism is particularly suitable for use in cable modem systems adapted to implement the DOCSIS 2.0 specification which spe... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100254283 | CMTS PLANT TOPOLOGY FAULT MANAGEMENT A cable television plant may include fiber nodes, cable modems, a management information base (MIB), and a cable modem termination system (CMTS). The CMTS may include logic to apply information from the MIB to determine the suitability of resources assigned to the fiber... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100238924 | Switched Unicast in an Internet Protocol Television Environment In one embodiment, a processing device is coupled between at least one content source and at least one subscriber device within an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) system in order to receive a plurality of service flows from the at least one content source and to pro... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100232325 | Video Over Cable Modem Disclosed is a system including a plurality of modulators for receiving at least one of first data signals from a termination and for receiving at least one of second data signals from other than the termination and for combining the at least one of first data signals a... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100223650 | WIDEBAND FAULT CORRELATION SYSTEM A wideband cable network system includes multiple wideband cable modems and a Wideband Cable Modem Termination System (WCMTS). The WCMTS operates a Media Access Control (MAC) layer that communicates with the cable modems over multiple different downstream Radio Frequenc... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100180139 | Power Outage Operation Of A Cable Modem A method, system and computer program product for operation of a cable modem in response to Alternating Current (AC) power outage is described herein. When a loss of AC power is detected, the cable modem is switched to battery backup mode of operation using a single ups... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100154018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PACKET FILTERING INFORMATION Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of transmitting packet filtering information. A DSG channel information management server included in a digital cable broadcasting transmission headend combines a packet address and information related to the packet address and ge... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100154017 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MOVING CABLE MODEMS BETWEEN UPSTREAM CHANNELS Disclosed are apparatus and methods for managing upstream channels on a per cable modem basis. In certain embodiments, one or more thresholds are defined for each of a plurality of upstream logical channels of a headend system for receiving data from a plurality of cabl... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100154016 | MULTI-CHANNEL RANGING FOR A CABLE MODEM In one example, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) sends first bandwidth allocation messages to a first upstream transmit interface on a cable modem and send second bandwidth allocation messages to a second upstream transmit interface on the cable modem. The bandwi... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100135265 | DYNAMIC EQAM DISCOVERY IN M-CMTS ARCHITECTURE In one example, an Edge Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (EQAM) communicates EQAM information to a Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) core using a routing protocol that is configured on a packet switched network coupling the EQAM to the M-CMTS core. The EQAM... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100131999 | UPSTREAM POWER CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMIT CHANNELS A novel apparatus for and method of upstream power control for multiple transmit channels. The invention is particularly useful in environments that include two level amplification, wherein the first level corresponds to each channel separately and the second level corr... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100128178 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HOT PLUG DETECT FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL USING HIGH DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE An apparatus and method for supporting a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) function in a portable terminal using High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) are provided. The apparatus includes an HPD unit for generating an HPD signal using an operation voltage of a first modem upo... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100115547 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONAL BROADCAST RECEPTION WITHOUT CABLECARD A broadcast reception system, apparatus, and method for a Conditional Access System (CAS) function without a cablecard are provided. A security processor for performing a CAS function without using a cablecard includes a security processor for receiving Entitlement Cont... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100100919 | METHOD FOR REDUCING UPSTREAM INGRESS NOISE IN CABLE DATA SYSTEM In a method of reducing and diagnosing upstream ingress noise in cable data system utilize a MAC/MAP management messages via a downstream path based on Cable Systems Interface Specification (DOCSIS) to provide precise control of gates deployed near the user side provide... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100100918 | Multi-Port Entry Adapter, Hub and Method for Interfacing a CATV Network and a MoCA Network A cable television (CATV) entry adapter interfaces to a CATV network and and serves as a hub in a Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) network. MoCA signals are bypassed around the CATV communication paths within the entry adapter to maintain adequate signal strength an... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100095338 | CABLE MODEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DIGITAL CERTIFICATES OF THE CABLE MODEM A method for updating digital certificates of a cable modem (CM) sends a request packet to a certificate authority if the CM needs to update a current digital certificate. A feedback packet responsive to the request packet is obtained from the certificate authority. A n... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100095339 | Method and apparatus for designing a communication mechanism between embedded cable modem and embedded set-top box The present disclosure discloses a digital communication between the between embedded cable modem (eCM) and embedded set-top box (eSTB) via a shared memory. The communication is carried out by packet transfer mechanism as per the protocol without adding any extra header... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100083330 | SCHEDULING FOR RF OVER FIBER OPTIC CABLE [RFoG] A method for use in an RFoG cable network calls for allocating upstream bandwidth to CM devices, wherein allocating bandwidth includes selecting a start time and allocating respective time slots relative to the selected start time to at least one of the requesting CM de... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100040055 | SYSTEM FOR BINDING A DEVICE TO A GATEWAY TO REGULATE SERVICE THEFT THROUGH CLONING In one example, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) combines a value identifying itself with a cable modem Media Access Control (MAC) address stored in a provisioning request. The CMTS then relays the modified provisioning request to a provisioning server, which ana... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100043041 | INTER-GATEWAY CLONED DEVICE DETECTOR USING PROVISIONING REQUEST ANALYSIS In one embodiment, a cloned cable modem detector is configured to assemble a table associating cable modem physical addresses to Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTSs) according to provisioning requests forwarded from the CMTSs. When one of the provisioning requests as... | 02/18/2010 |
