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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Padden, Boulder, CO (US);
Luther E. Smith, Fort Lupton, CO (US);
David Daniel Smith, Louisville, CO (US);
Luis Alberto Campos, Superior, CO (US);
Assignee:
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04N 7/17309 (2013.01); H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04N 21/6168 (2013.01);
Abstract
A local communication network (LCN) is contemplated. The LCN may be established within an existing network by leveraging network capabilities in order to facilitate local communications of the type whereby point-to-point (P-to-P) or other types of messaging and/or signaling may be communicated directly between devices without having to be relayed through a headend, a termination system or other processing entity.