Smart taps

US10778266B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joseph Padden · Boulder, US
• Thomas H. Williams · Longmont, US
• Jonathan Ray Dennis · Aurora, US
• Daryl William Malas · Broomfield, US
• Dan Schrimpsher · Huntsville, US
• Douglas D. Jones · Louisville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L43/16
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Mitigating noise in a network is contemplated, such as but not necessarily limited to mitigating noise through a detection process whereby noise deviations resulting from selectively controlling smart taps, switches or other devices to block signaling in the network may be used to locate sources of noise.