Patent ID: 7388884
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A cable modem system for transferring data from a user device to a network, comprising: a cable modem; a DOCSIS-compliant cable modem termination system coupled to said cable modem via a cable network; and a headend server coupled to said cable modem termination system and to the network; wherein said cable modem comprises means to receive data packets from the user device, to modify the contents of said data packets, said modification comprising suppression of an RTP header, in accordance with a non-DOCSIS-compliant data transfer protocol, to append a unique hardware address of said headend server to said modified data packets, and to transfer said modified data packets to said cable modem termination system; wherein said cable modem termination system comprises means to receive said modified data packets and to transfer said modified data packets to said headend server in accordance with said unique hardware address; and wherein said headend server comprises means to restore the contents of said modified data packets to an unmodified state and to transfer said restored data packets to the network.