US 11,947,403 B1
Systems and methods for operating a termination device of an access communication network
Jason W. Rupe, Lafayette, CO (US); Douglas D. Jones, Boulder, CO (US); and Stephen L. Burroughs, Longmont, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,117.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,609, filed on Jul. 12, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3209 (2019.01); G06F 1/3246 (2019.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01); H04L 12/64 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/3209 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3246 (2013.01); H04L 12/40039 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); H04L 12/6418 (2013.01); H04L 2012/6421 (2013.01); H04L 2012/6478 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a termination device of an access communication network, the method comprising:
performing, at the termination device, a first start-up procedure, the first start-up procedure including loading a first portion of an operating system of the termination device;
after performing the first start-up procedure, detecting, at the termination device, presence of a communication signal meeting one or more predetermined criteria; and
in response to detecting presence of the communication signal meeting the one or more predetermined criteria, performing, at the termination device, a second start-up procedure that is different from the first start-up procedure, the second start-up procedure including loading a second portion of the operating system of the termination device.