Patent ID: 7460546

Claim:
A residential gateway, comprising: a network interface; a first customer premises equipment (CPE) interface; a second customer premises equipment (CPE) interface; and a processor coupled to said network interface, said first CPE interface and said second CPE interface, said processor configured to receive data from an external network via said network interface, to generate from said data a first data stream of a first data type and a second data stream of a second data type, to provide said first data stream to a first external customer premises equipment (CPE) device via said first CPE interface, and to provide said second data stream to a second external customer premises equipment (CPE) device via said second CPE interface, wherein said second data type is different from said first data type; wherein said processor is further configured to receive a first command from said first CPE device via said first CPE interface and, in response to receiving said first command, to provide a copy of said second data stream to said first CPE device via said first CPE interface by multiplexing said copy of said second data stream with said first data stream.