Patent ID: 6389004
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A method for distributing broadband services, comprising the steps of:separating a broadband front end of a receiver from other portions of a circuit of the receiver; placing said front end in utility closets of a building; connecting said front end to a modulator-demodulator or to a modulator or to an amplifier; transferring a signal from said modulator-demodulator and a signal from a telephone exchange to an adder or transferring the signal from a modulator or amplifier and the signal from the telephone exchange to the adder in order to mix the broadband and telephone services; transferring a signal, output by the adder, over a telephone wire pair to an individual end user; splitting the signal output by the adder to a telephone and to a television set; said front end selecting a channel to be received, said selection being requested by a decoder over an upstream channel driven by a command transmitter and being interpreted and executed by a command receiver.