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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Ppc Broadband, Inc., East Syracuse, NY (US);

Inventors:

Chad T. Wells, Centennial, CO (US);

John M. Egan, Jr., Franktown, CO (US);

Gregory F. Halik, Empire, MI (US);

Charles F. Newby, Evergreen, CO (US);

Assignee:

PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04N 7/104 (2013.01); H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04N 21/6168 (2013.01); H04N 21/63 (2013.01);
Abstract

An entry device for communicating external network signals between an in-home network and an external network, for communicating in-home network signals within the in-home network, and for preventing the in-home network signals from being communicated from the in-home network to the external network, the entry device includes a signal attenuation and communication device comprising one or more directional couplers, the signal attenuation and communication device being configured to permit upstream and downstream external network signals to communicate between an entry port and a first network work, and between the entry port and a second network port, and to block and permit communication of in-home network signals between the first network port, the second network port, and the entry port at least partially depending on a direction in which the in-home network signals are travelling.


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