Patent ID: 7006523

Claim:
A device for coupling first and second bi-directional wired digital data signals to each other and to a data unit, for use with first and second service wire pairs installed at least in part in walls within a building, the first service wire pair concurrently carrying the first bi-directional wired digital data signal and a first service signal carried over a first service signal frequency band, using frequency division multiplexing wherein the first wired digital data signal is carried over a frequency band distinct from the first service signal frequency band, and the second service wire pair concurrently carrying a second bi-directional wired digital data signal and a second service signal carried over a second service signal frequency band, using frequency division multiplexing wherein the second wired digital data signal is carried over a frequency band distinct from the second service signal frequency band, said device comprising: a single enclosure and, within said single enclosure; a first wiring connector for connecting said device to the first service wire pair; a first filter coupled to said first wiring connector for passing only the first bi-directional wired data signal; a first modem coupled to said first filter for coupling with the first bi-directional wired data signal; a second wiring connector for connecting said device to the second service wire pair; a second filter coupled to said second wiring connector for passing only the second bi-directional wired data signal; a second modem coupled to said second filter for coupling with the second bi-directional wired data signal; a multiport unit coupled to said first and second modems and operative to allow the first and second bi-directional wired digital data signals to be independent of one another; a standard data interface coupled to the multiport unit for coupling a standard data interface signal to at least one of the first and the second bi-directional wired data signals; and a data port coupled to the standard data interface and couplable to a data unit for coupling to the standard data interface signal thereto, wherein said device is addressable.