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Facility management platform for a hybrid coaxial/twisted pair local loop network service architecture

US6480748B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1998
Grant dateNov 12, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M11/062
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A facility management platform (FMP) monitors and views the status of a plurality of individually addressable downstream devices including, but not limited to, addressable terminals, IRG's, settops, cable modems, taps, nodes, and/or hubs at a network control center. The FMP may display problems at these downstream devices, for example, power loss, and/or may automatically notify the appropriate companies and/or personnel to correct the problem.

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