Patent ID: 6414952
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A virtual gateway system for providing bi-directional communication between a customer premises network and a second device network, each network sharing at a customer premises a communication channel, the communication channel having a first spectral band and a second spectral band associated with the customer premises network and the second device network respectively, the system comprising:a customer premises gateway server operatively coupled to the communication channel, the customer premises gateway server including; a first modem associated with the customer premises network, having: a receive portion having an input coupled to the communication channel, the receive portion for converting information in the spectral band associated with the customer premises network to baseband; and a transmit portion having an output coupled to the communication channel, the transmit portion for converting baseband information to the spectral band associated with the customer premises network; a second modem associated with the second device network, having: a receive portion having an input coupled to the communication channel for converting information in the spectral band associated with the second device network to baseband; and a transmit portion having an output coupled to the communication channel, the transmit portion for converting baseband information to the spectral band associated with the second device network; and a baseband communication channel coupled to the first modem and to the second modem for communicating baseband signals between the first modem and the second modem.