Patent ID: 7453895
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: H01R,H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a telephone wiring connector configured to connect said device to a telephone wire pair, the telephone wire pair being provided for coupling an analog video unit to the telephone wire pair, and the telephone wire pair being connected to concurrently carry an analog telephone signal in an analog telephone frequency band and serial bi-directional packet-based digital data including digitized video data in a digital data frequency band that is distinct from and above the analog telephone frequency band; a high pass filter coupled to said telephone wiring connector for substantially passing signals only in the digital data frequency band and for substantially rejecting signals in the analog telephone frequency band; a telephone wiring modem coupled to said high pass filter for conducting the serial bi-directional packet-based digital data over the telephone wire pair; an analog video connector connectable for coupling an analog video signal to the analog video unit; a converter between the analog video signal and digitized video data signal coupled to said analog video connector, said converter comprising at least one of an analog to digital converter and a digital to analog converter; a multi-port packet sharing means consisting of one of: a switch; a router; and a gateway, coupled between said converter and said telephone wiring modem to pass only the digitized video data therebetween; and a single enclosure housing said telephone wiring connector, said high pass filter, said telephone wiring modem, said analog video connector, said converter and said multi-port packet sharing means; wherein said enclosure is attachable to a wall and said device is addressable in a digital data network.