US 11,876,663 B2
Systems and methods for a universal data link
Luis Alberto Campos, Superior, CO (US); Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Boulder, CO (US); Judson D. Cary, Denver, CO (US); and David Daniel Smith, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/643,980.
Application 17/643,980 is a continuation of application No. 16/255,764, filed on Jan. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,201,777.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/777,857, filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/772,117, filed on Nov. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/646,221, filed on Mar. 21, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/620,615, filed on Jan. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103414 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04L 69/323 (2022.01); H04L 27/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 27/2697 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 27/0008 (2013.01); H04L 69/323 (2013.01); H04L 2001/0097 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transmitting data through a multi-media communication network, comprising:
transmitting first physical data symbols to a first physical layer (PHY) translator via a first communication medium;
at the first PHY translator, translating the first physical data symbols received from the first communication medium to a form suitable for transmission by a second communication medium, the second communication medium being a different type of communication medium than the first communication medium; and
using the second communication medium, transmitting the first physical data symbols from the first PHY translator to one or more of a plurality of first communication devices, at least partially by selectively transmitting the first physical data symbols to a subset of the plurality of first communication devices.