Patent ID: 9247184
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A MOCA-capable device, comprising: a MOCA port; MOCA-interface circuitry coupled to the MOCA port; a status register configured to store status information having a first value to indicate a normal operating mode of the MOCA-capable device and having a second value to indicate a standby mode of the MOCA-capable device; Ethernet-interface circuitry coupled to the status register, the Ethernet-interface circuitry including an Ethernet port and configured to detect whether an Ethernet cable is plugged into the Ethernet port and to change the value of the status information in the status register to the second value when no Ethernet cable is plugged into the Ethernet port; a MOCA processor coupled to the MOCA-interface circuitry, the Ethernet-interface circuitry, and to the status register, the MOCA processor operable to the detect the value of the status information stored in the status register and to place the Ethernet-interface circuitry into the standby mode responsive to the status information having the second value; and standby mode detection circuitry coupled to the Ethernet-interface circuitry, the standby mode detection circuitry including a manual standby mode device, and wherein the Ethernet-interface circuitry is further configured to change the value of the status information to the second value responsive to the standby mode detection circuitry detecting activation of the manual standby mode device.