Philip A Treventi

US Patent:

6347075, Feb 12, 2002

Filed:

Dec 31, 1997

Appl. No.:

09/001343

Inventors:

Farhad Barzegar - Hillsborough Township, Somerset County NJ
Irwin Gerszberg - Kendall Park NJ
Philip Andrew Treventi - Murray Hill NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

G06F 1100

US Classification:

370228

Abstract:

A subscriber link to a central office which employs data compression, forward error correction, and advanced modulation techniques and to connect subscribers to multiple communications networks to provide an array of services. A device provides normal telephone service in the event of an equipment failure. At the subscriber end, a server called an intelligent services director (ISD) provides multiple independent connections for telephones which ordinarily connect to multiple access virtual circuits generated on the subscriber link over a twisted pair. A device called a facilities management platform (FMP) at the central office end of the link, among other things, provides interfacing of the subscriber link to various networks including a digital subscriber loop (DLC) and packet switched networks. Ordinarily telephones connected to the ISD require power and correctly functioning modems and controllers in the ISD and the FMP to have access to the outside world. A fail-safe mechanism, however allows at least one chosen phone to function in the event of a failure.

US Patent:

6359881, Mar 19, 2002

Filed:

Dec 31, 1997

Appl. No.:

09/001360

Inventors:

Irwin Gerszberg - Kendall Park NJ
Dennis Matthew Romain - Convent Station NJ
Jesse Eugene Russell - Piscataway NJ
Philip Andrew Treventi - Murray Hill NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

H04L 1266

US Classification:

370354, 370403, 370543

Abstract:

A new architecture capable of utilizing the existing twisted pair interface between customer premises equipment and an associated serving local switching office is used to provide a vast array of new services to customers. Using an intelligent services director (ISD) at the customer services equipment as an interface for the equipment to an existing twisted cable pair and a facilities management platform (FMP) at the serving local switching office as an interface to various networks and service opportunities, new services such as simultaneous, multiple calls (voice analog or digital), facsimile, Internet traffic and other data can be transmitted and received over the twisted cable pair by using digital subscriber loop transmission schemes. The new services include but are not limited to videophone, utility meter reading and monitoring, broadcasting and multicasting. The architecture provides for fault-tolerant, transparent interaction of components and services and supports a variety of standards for each level of the open systems interconnection layers and layers of TCP/IP.

US Patent:

6363079, Mar 26, 2002

Filed:

Dec 31, 1997

Appl. No.:

09/001422

Inventors:

Farhad Barzegar - Hillsborough NJ
Irwin Gerszberg - Kendall Park NJ
Philip Andrew Treventi - Murray Hill NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

H04J 316

US Classification:

370465, 370254, 370264

Abstract:

An device, called a facilities management platform (FMP) connects current digital and analog carrier networks and packet switched networks of interexchange carriers with high speed multiple access subscriber links implemented over twisted pair lines. The subscriber line is terminated by an access module containing one or more modems. In preferred embodiments, the modems are high-speed digital tethered virtual radio channel or xDSL modems. The FMP interface applies and receives signaling and voice through a digital loop carrier (DLC) via a multiplexer connected directly to the DLC backplane. The multiplexer is controlled by a controller of an access module. It translates data from the subscriber link to the form compatible with the digital backplane to create the appearance of one or more line cards. The FMP also may contain a sound generator to allow it to handle calls through an analog carrier network. The FMP, through the same access module transmits data to and from the modems directly through connected digital networks, such as ATM or SONET, of an interexchange carrier.

US Patent:

6396531, May 28, 2002

Filed:

Dec 31, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/224286

Inventors:

Irwin Gerszberg - Kendall park NJ
Jeffrey S. Martin - Dover NJ
Thomas Oplinger - Morristown NJ
Philip Andrew Treventi - Murray Hill NJ
Hopeton S. Walker - Haledon NJ

Assignee:

AT+T Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

H04M 714

US Classification:

348 1401, 348 1403, 348 1405, 379 9317

Abstract:

A system architecture for bypassing a local exchange carrier comprises an intelligent terminal, a residential gateway coupled to the terminal, a cable facility management platform terminating a twisted pair or coaxial cable facility and a network service platform. The platform serves both a cable headend and a telephone DSL network to enable a single service provider to provide different information content services independent of how a user actually receives the services. The twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed, integrated residence gateway controlled intelligent terminal or set-top device provides a multiple menu heirarchy for selecting a plurality of enhanced services. The menus are implemented on a video telephone or similar device with a touch-sensitive screen display for interactively displaying video and accompanying audio signals and menu screens. The integrated residence gateway is coupled to either or both of the coaxial cable or twisted pair and distributes the bandwidth facilities available over either service vehicle to customer devices including the set top box.

US Patent:

6452923, Sep 17, 2002

Filed:

Dec 31, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/224288

Inventors:

Irwin Gerszberg - Kendell Park NJ
Jeffrey S. Martin - Dover NJ
Philip Andrew Treventi - Murray Hill NJ
Hopeton S. Walker - Haledon NJ
Edward L. Wallace - South Orange NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp - New York NY

International Classification:

H04L 1266

US Classification:

370352, 370466, 370468, 37911421

Abstract:

A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed, integrated residence gateway controlled set-top device provides a plurality of services. One service is lifeline service which may be provided over the coaxial cable via a cable modem of the integrated residence gateway or over the twisted pair facility. An integrated residence gateway is coupled to either or both of the coaxial cable or twisted pair and distributes the bandwidth facilities available over either service vehicle to customer devices including a set top box. For corporate telecommuters who work from home, a greater variety of services is available. The greater bandwidth of the cable network allows for the faster exchange of information between home and office, allowing the employee working at home to function as if he or she were actually at the office. Individual pieces of equipment connected to the telecommuters home may be addressed, so that phone and message forwarding may be properly forwarded to the telecommuters home. Dynamic allocation of the bandwidth available on the cable network allows cable head ends to provide multiple tiers, or levels, of service such that the higher service tiers are less likely to lose bandwidth when traffic increases.

US Patent:

6480748, Nov 12, 2002

Filed:

Dec 31, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/224287

Inventors:

Irwin Gerszberg - Kendall Park NJ
Jeffrey S. Martin - Dover NJ
Thomas Oplinger - Morristown NJ
Philip Andrew Treventi - Murray Hill NJ
Hopeton S. Walker - Haledon NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

G05B 1101

US Classification:

700 21, 700 19, 700 22, 700 29, 700292, 700293, 700295, 709217, 709225, 709237, 709238, 370282, 370360, 379 1407, 379 2203, 37922102, 37922108, 379247

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, IRGs, 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.

US Patent:

6510152, Jan 21, 2003

Filed:

Dec 31, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/224281

Inventors:

Irwin Gerszberg - Kendall Park NJ
Jeffrey S. Martin - Dover NJ
Thomas Oplinger - Morristown NJ
Philip Andrew Treventi - Murray Hill NJ
Hopeton S. Walker - Haledon NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp. - Middletown NJ

International Classification:

H04L 1266

US Classification:

370352, 370480, 370463, 375222, 725110, 725111

Abstract:

A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed, integrated residence gateway controlled set-top device provides a plurality of services. One service is lifeline service which may be provided over the coaxial cable via a cable modem of the integrated residence gateway or over the twisted pair facility. An integrated residence gateway is coupled to either or both of the coaxial cable or twisted pair and distributes the bandwidth facilities available over either service vehicle to customer devices including a set top box.

US Patent:

6542500, Apr 1, 2003

Filed:

Dec 31, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/224285

Inventors:

Irwin Gerszberg - Kendall Park NJ
Jeffrey S. Martin - Dover NJ
Philip Andrew Treventi - Murray Hill NJ
Hopeton S. Walker - Haledon NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

H04L 1266

US Classification:

370354, 370404, 370419, 370463, 370493, 370537, 370906, 455406

Abstract:

A twisted pair and/or coaxial cable fed, integrated residence gateway controlled set-top device provides a plurality of services. One service is lifeline service which may be provided over the coaxial cable via a cable modem of the integrated residence gateway or over the twisted pair facility. An integrated residence gateway is coupled to either or both of the coaxial cable or twisted pair and distributes the bandwidth facilities available over either service vehicle to customer devices including a set top box. A network service platform (NSP) is coupled to a cable facilities management platform (FNP) for providing services for cable television subscribers as well as telecommunication service subscribers such that an interexchange or telephone company would control the network services to the subscribers. The NSP architectural concept may permit the interexchange or telephone company to be the single service provider of information to subscribers on an equal basis.