Donald A Collins

US Patent:

61547727, Nov 28, 2000

Filed:

Nov 4, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/185956

Inventors:

Bryan W. Dunn - Newnan GA
Matthew A. Eshleman - Lilburn GA
William W. Butler - Roswell GA
Donald J. Collins - Decatur GA
Timothy M. Strike - Marietta GA
Ronald A. Bohlander - Marietta GA
David L. Klimek - Buford GA

Assignee:

Georgia Tech Research Corporation - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

H04L 710

US Classification:

709217

Abstract:

A novel digital video and data delivery system makes possible the delivery of digital video content, bi-directional data services such as Internet data, and plain old telephone service (POTS) to an end user over a communications channel. The channel is typically the copper wire pair that extends between a telephone company central office and a residential premises, but may be any communication medium that supports the communication of compressed digital video, bi-directional data, such as Internet data, and POTS, and indeed, may be a wireless connection. The digital video and data delivery system capitalizes on a bus, or broadcast backplane, created by circuitry contained within the central office. The broadcast backplane enables a plurality of video program data to be available to each end user, and allows a plurality of end users access to a plurality of video programming content without the necessity of delivering the entire program content to each end user. A user requests a particular program and, if authorized, receives at least that program over the communication channel.