Patent ID: 7127734
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of networking a plurality of devices residing within a home, creating a home network, with a home cable network modern, wherein the devices include TV's, VCR's, PC's, DVD's, DOCSIS cable modems, set-top boxes, wireless devices, Bluetooth stations, cellular phones, and computer games, each device each including a home network interface coupled to an RF element over a coaxial cable, wherein the home cable network modem is also coupled to the RF element over a coaxial cable, and wherein the RF element is also coupled to a cable source, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a television signal from the cable source at frequencies below a source frequency limit; operating one of the home network interfaces to transmit a home network signal, in a home network frequency band above the source frequency limit, over coaxial cable to the RF element; and receiving the transmitted home network signal over coaxial cable at the home cable network modem.