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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1995
K David Lin, Boulder, CO (US);
Louis Anthony Cox, Jr, Denver, CO (US);
James H Starr, Littleton, CO (US);
Margarete A Ralston, Westminster, CO (US);
Stephen Bulick, Boulder, CO (US);
Gregory J Beveridge, Thornton, CO (US);
MediaOne Group, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
US West, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
An architecture for providing interactive broadband products and services uses existing cable and telephone plant. The architecture includes a central office switch in communication with a head-end server and a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device such as, for example, a modem emulator, data terminal, set-top terminal or personal computer. The CPE device is provided in communication with the head-end server via cable plant for downstream broadcasts and is further provided in communication with a central office switch via telephone plant for upstream signaling and downstream control messages.