Patent ID: 7686520
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G02B,H04B

Abstract:
1. An interface for a premises wiring system including a fiber-optic cable, wherein the fiber-optic cable is operable to connect at least one voice-type communications device and at least one data-type communications device to at least one communication system through the fiber-optic cable, the interface comprising: a plurality of plug-in connectors operable to receive wired connections from the at least one voice-type communications device and the at least one data-type communications device; control circuitry electrically connected through the plurality of connectors to the at least one voice-type communications device and operable to encode its voice-type communications signal into a certain format; switch circuitry electrically connected to the plurality of connectors and the control circuitry, the switch circuitry operable to combine the encoded voice-type communications signal with at least a data-type communications signal from the data-type communications device to provide a combined electrical communications signal comprising the voice-type communications signal and the data-type communications signal; and an optical transceiver operable to receive the combined electrical communications signal and to transmit an optical signal bearing the information contained in the combined electrical communications signal, wherein the plurality of connectors, the control circuitry, the switch circuitry and the optical transceiver are all mounted into a single wallbox.