Patent ID: 6894987
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a video network server to receive and transmit video signals to and from a plurality of clients using telephone wires; a plurality of client frequency division multiplexing couplers, each associated with one of the plurality of clients, to receive video and telephone signals from the client and frequency multiplex them onto the telephone wires for transmission and to receive video signals from the server and frequency demultiplex them for transmission to the client; a video frequency division multiplexing coupler connected between the video network server and each of the plurality of client frequency division multiplexing couplers to receive the video and telephone signals from the clients and transmit only the video signals to the video network server; and a telephone frequency division multiplexing coupler connected between a telephone network switch and each of the plurality of client frequency division multiplexing couplers to receive the video and telephone signals from the clients and transmit only the telephone signals to the telephone network switch.