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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2003
James O. Farmer, Cumming, GA (US);
Stephen A. Thomas, Marietta, GA (US);
James O. Farmer, Cumming, GA (US);
Stephen A. Thomas, Marietta, GA (US);
Enablence USA FTTX Networks, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for tuning a broadcast receiver such as a television set with a subscriber optical interface (SOI) that can be located outside a subscriber's premises and can be adjacent to the subscriber's premises. For example, a subscriber optical interface can be mounted on a side of a home which converts optical data and optical video signals received from an optical waveguide to electrical signals. Because of the hardware contained in the subscriber optical interface, any video processing hardware that is present within the subscriber's premises for tuning video programs can be reduced or substantially eliminated without sacrificing a range of services available to a subscriber from a fiber-to-the-home optical network.