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`Master Transceiver
`Type A+ B
`64
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`72
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`4/8
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`FIG. 4
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`Trib 2
`Type B
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`Type B
`Address+ Data
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`Type A
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`7/8
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`Type B
`Transmission
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`Change To Type B
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`Poll Request!
`Trailing
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`FIG. 7
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`8/8
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`Master
`Type A+ B
`64
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`Trib
`Type A+ B
`66a
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`Type A
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`DOCKET NO.: REMB-0109
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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In Re Application of:
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`Gordon Bremer
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`For: System And Method Of Communication Via Embedded Modulation
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`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-14 50
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`Sir:
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`AUTHORIZATION TO TREAT A REPLY AS INCORPORATING AN EXTENSION OF
`TIME UNDER C.F.R. §1.136(a)(3)
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`The Commissioner is hereby requested to grant an extension of time for the appropriate length of
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`time, should one be necessary, in connection with this filing or any future filing submitted to the
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the above-identified application during the pendency of this
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`application. The Commissioner is further authorized to charge any fees related to any such
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`extension of time to Deposit Account No. 23-3050.
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`Date: August 19, 2009
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`/Michael A. Koptiw/
`Michael A. Koptiw
`Registration No. 57,900
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`REMB-0109
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATION VIA EMBEDDED MODULATION
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
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`[0001] This application is a continuation ofU.S. Application No. 11/774,803, filed on
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`July 9, 2007, which is a continuation ofU.S. Application No. 10/412,878, filed April 14, 2003,
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`which is a continuation-in-part ofU.S. Application No. 09/205,205, filed December 4, 1998, and
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`which claims priority to and the benefit of the filing date ofU. S. Provisional Application No.
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`60/067,562, filed December 5, 1997, each of which is incorporated by reference herein.
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`TECHNICAL FIELD
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`[0002] The present invention relates generally to the fields of data communications and
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`modulator/demodulators (modems), and, more particularly, to a data communications system in
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`which a plurality of modulation methods are used to facilitate communication among a plurality
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`of modem types.
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`BACKGROUND
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`[0003]
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`In existing data communications systems, a transmitter and receiver modem pair
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`can successfully communicate only when the modems are compatible at the physical layer. That
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`is, the modems must use compatible modulation methods. This requirement is generally true
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`regardless of the network topology. For example, point- to-point, dial-up modems operate in
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`either the industry standard V.34 mode or the industry standard V.22 mode. Similarly, in a
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`multipoint architecture, all modems operate, for example, in the industry standard V.27bis mode.
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`While the modems may be capable of using several different modulation methods, a single
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`common modulation is negotiated at the beginning of a data session to be used throughout the
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`duration of the session. Should it become necessary to change modulation methods, the existing
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`data session is tom down, and a new session is negotiated using the new modulation method.
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`Clearly, tearing down an existing data session causes a significant disruption in communication
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`between the two modems.
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`[0004] As discussed in the foregoing, communication between modems is generally
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`unsuccessful unless a common modulation method is used. In a point-to-point network
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`architecture, if a modem attempts to establish a communication session with an incompatible
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`modem, one or both of the modems will make several attempts to establish the communication
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`link until giving up after a timeout period has expired or the maximum number of retry attempts
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`has been reached. Essentially, communication on the link is impossible without replacing one of
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`the modems such that the resulting modem pair uses a common modulation method.
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`[0005]
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`In a multipoint architecture, a single central, or "master," modem communicates
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`with two or more tributary or "trib" modems using a single modulation method. If one or more
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`of the trib modems are not compatible with the modulation method used by the master, those
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`tribs will be unable to receive communications from the master. Moreover, repeated attempts by
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`the master to communicate with the incompatible trib(s) will disturb communications with
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`compatible trib(s) due to time wasted in making the futile communication attempts.
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`[0006] Thus, communication systems comprised of both high performance and low or
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`moderate performance applications can be very cost inefficient to construct. For example, some
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`applications (e.g., internet access) require high performance modulation, such as quadrature
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`amplitude modulation (QAM), carrier amplitude and phase (CAP) modulation, or discrete
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`multitone (DMT) modulation, while other applications (e.g., power monitoring and control)
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`require only modest data rates and therefore a low performance modulation method. All users in
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`the system will generally have to be equipped with a high performance modem to ensure
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`modulation compatibility. These state of the art modems are then run at their lowest data rates
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`for those applications that require relatively low data throughput performance. The replacement
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`of inexpensive modems with much more expensive state of the art devices due to modulation
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`compatibility imposes a substantial cost that is unnecessary in terms of the service and
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`performance to be delivered to the end user.
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`[0007] Accordingly, what is sought, and what is not believed to be provided by the
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`prior art, is a system and method of communication in which multiple modulation methods are
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`used to facilitate communication among a plurality of modems in a network, which have
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`heretofore been incompatible.
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`SUMMARY
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`[0008] The present invention is generally directed to a system and method of
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`communication between a master transceiver and a plurality of tributary transceivers in a
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`multipoint communication system in which the tributary transceivers use different types of
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`modulation methods. Broadly stated, the communication system includes a master transceiver in
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`communication with a first tributary transceiver and a second tributary transceiver over a
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`communication medium. The first tributary transceiver uses a primary modulation method for
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`communication while the second tributary transceiver uses a secondary or embedded modulation
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`method for communication. The master transceiver and tributary transceivers each include a
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`processor, memory, and control logic for controlling their operation. While the primary
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`modulation method is normally used for transmissions on the communication medium, the
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`master transceiver can communicate with the second tributary transceiver by notifying the first
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`tributary transceiver that the primary modulation method is being temporarily replaced by the
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`secondary or embedded modulation method. The master transceiver can then exchange
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`information with the second tributary transceiver while the first tributary transceiver ignores any
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`secondary modulation transmissions. In the meantime, the first tributary transceiver conditions
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`itself to look for a trailing sequence from the master transceiver indicating that communication
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`with the second tributary transceiver is complete. When the master transceiver transmits the
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`trailing sequence using the primary modulation method, the first tributary transceiver conditions
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`itself to look for primary modulation transmissions while the second tributary transceiver
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`conditions itself to ignore primary modulation transmissions.
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`[0009] The present invention has many advantages, a few of which are