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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
John P. Godwin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John P. Godwin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for dial-up device connection to a broadband facility by way of a home gateway. The microcomputer causes the dial-up modem in the home gateway to serve as a host modem. The microcomputer also implements the host portion of a log-in protocol that is expected by the dial up device, in this example the IRD's. Within the IRD itself, a software download causes the dial-up modem in the IRD to not go 'off-hook' when starting a callback. The local office, i.e. the PSTN, will not recognize the start of a dial-up session and will not issue a dial tone. The home gateway and the IRD's will carry out a protocol that does not require the recognition of 'off-hook'.