Patent ID: 9432172
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A communication system comprising: a cable modem(CM) coupled to a simple cable phone and internet (SCPI) device, wherein the SCPI device is capable of transmitting a first modulated signal that is addressed, via the SCPI device, to a cable modem termination system (CMTS), wherein the first modulated signal comprises a training signal, wherein the training signal comprises information indicating a forthcoming change to a second modulation, and information indicating a duration of a silence period; the SCPI device capable of generating a transmission request; the SCPI device capable of generating a combined signal by combining a second modulated signal with the first modulated signal, wherein the second modulated signal comprises information related to one or more of a plain old telephone service (POTS), a voice over IP (VOIP) phone, or a data device and wherein the second modulated signal is sent during the silence period; the SCPI device capable of sending the combined signal to the CMTS and one or more SCPI head ends.