METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TO A BROADBAND NETWORK WITHOUT DEGRADING DOWNSTREAM BANDWIDTH - Patent 1075763

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EP 1 075 763 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/07

(21)	Application number: 99911372.3

(22)	Date of filing: 12.03.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04N 7/173

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9905/489

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9956/468 (04.11.1999 Gazette 1999/44)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

27.04.1998 US 67853

(71)	Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
	Wilmington, DE 19801 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	ESTES, Daniel, L. Lawrenceville, GA 30243 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hogg, Jeffery Keith et al
	Withers & Rogers,Goldings House,2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TO A BROADBAND NETWORK WITHOUT DEGRADING DOWNSTREAM BANDWIDTH