US 11,736,980 B1
Systems and methods for interfacing an information technology device with a gateway
Mario Di Dio, Longmont, CO (US); Daryl William Malas, Broomfield, CO (US); Eric Winkelman, Boulder, CO (US); Gregory C. White, Louisville, CO (US); Richard D. Terpstra, Superior, CO (US); and Steve Higgins, Mead, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/397,845.
Application 17/397,845 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/886,206, filed on May 28, 2020, granted, now 11,290,916.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,232, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,254, filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,267, filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/853,598, filed on May 28, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/086 (2023.01); H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0819 (2020.05) [H04W 28/0867 (2020.05); H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for interfacing an information technology device with a gateway, the method comprising:
receiving, at the gateway, first downlink data; and
steering the first downlink data from the gateway to a first information technology (IT) device via at least one of a first plurality of parallel data communication links between the first IT device and the gateway according to a first steering policy, the gateway selectively communicatively interfacing the first IT device with each of a plurality of additional parallel data communication links that are upstream of the gateway.