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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:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2023
Applicant:

Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Rice, Denver, CO (US);

John Chrostowski, Denver, CO (US);

Benny Lewandowski, Denver, CO (US);

De Fu Li, Denver, CO (US);

Robert Gaydos, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Signals used to test for upstream signal leaks in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network may be interleaved with client data and strategically timed to be received by a leak detection device with a one-hundred percent probability of intercept. A method includes receiving an indication that a user device is in proximity to a computing device. The method includes determining, based on the indication that the user device is in proximity to the computing device, signal information. The method includes causing, based on the signal information, the user device to output a signal. The method includes determining, based on an indication that the signal was received by the computing device, a location of a network leak.


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