Patrick M Robbins

US Patent:

7075919, Jul 11, 2006

Filed:

Aug 22, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/644195

Inventors:

Thomas C. Wendt - Plano TX, US
Patrick T. Robbins - Highland Village TX, US
Allen D. Easty - Carrollton TX, US
Michael J. Tobias - Highland Village TX, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04L 12/66

US Classification:

370352, 370487, 370466

Abstract:

A method for providing integrated voice, video, and data content in an integrated service offering to one or more customer premises includes receiving television programming from a programming source, receiving data from a data network, and receiving telephone communications from a telephone network. The method further includes placing the television programming, data, and telephone communications in a common format for integrated communication over a single network infrastructure using a common communication protocol. In addition, the method includes communicating the integrated television programming, data, and telephone communications in the common format over the single network infrastructure using the common communication protocol to one or more customer premises to provide the integrated service offering.