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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Oleg Logvinov, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Brion Ebert, Easton, PA (US);
Inventors:
Oleg Logvinov, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Brion Ebert, Easton, PA (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/413 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated network adapter is operable to establish a network interface with a plurality of media types, including at least a power line network and a telephone line network, based on pre-configuration, upon initialization and dynamically during operation. The adapter further is operable to establish network interfaces simultaneously or separately with a plurality of media types and provide that a communications event can occur simultaneously or separately over a plurality of media types.