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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Antronix Inc., Cranbury, NJ (US);
David Wachob, New Hope, PA (US);
Neil Tang, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system for providing data communication services includes a cable television (CATV) tap operably coupled to a CATV network, the CATV tap comprising a tap transceiver. Further, a CATV gateway device is operably coupled to the CATV tap and includes a gateway modem using a first communications standard to communicate with the CATV network, and a gateway transceiver operably coupled to the gateway modem and configured to communicate with the tap transceiver. The system further includes a first device operably coupled to the CATV tap and configured to send or receive device data. The device data includes control data for controlling the first device or monitoring data generated by the first device. The tap transceiver of the CATV tap is configured to communicate the device data between the first device and the gateway transceiver.