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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2012
Applicants:

Ramon Alejandro Gomez, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);

Leonard Dauphinee, Irvine, CA (US);

Donald G. Mcmullin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Harold Raymond Whitehead, Duluth, GA (US);

Inventors:

Ramon Alejandro Gomez, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);

Leonard Dauphinee, Irvine, CA (US);

Donald G. McMullin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Harold Raymond Whitehead, Duluth, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/647 (2011.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/64723 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04N 17/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, method, and apparatus to allow an operator of a broadcast communication system, such as a cable television or satellite television service to provide some examples, to diagnose performance of this communication system remotely. The operator of a first communication device, such as a cable modem termination system (CMTS) to provide an example, may remotely diagnosis performance problems, or potential performance problems, occurring at a second communication device, such as a cable modem (CM) to provide an example, or a group of second communication devices. For example, the operator of the first communication device may view a spectrum analysis of communication signals being routed to, processed by, and/or provided by the second communication device, or group of second communication devices, to diagnose the performance problems, or the potential performance problems, in real time.


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