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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
William R Bullman, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/44 ;
Abstract
A discrete multi-tone communication system having a selected remote end terminal that senses data transmission activity on the discrete multi-tone communication channel. The selected remote end terminal transmits data when no data transmission activity is sensed. The discrete multi-tone system allows a plurality of remote end terminals to be connected together at a node that in turn is connected to the central office.