Patents by Inventor James J. Michaels

James J. Michaels has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combined cable/DSL modem and method for high speed data communication
    Patent number: 6621859
    Abstract: A combined cable/digital subscriber line (DSL) modem and method for data transmission. Upstream data is transmitted to a data communications network through a two wire pair to a central office using unidirectional DSL transmission. Downstream data is transmitted from the data communications network to the combined cable/DSL modem via a cable network using unidirectional cable transmission. Thus, bi-directional data communications is established using two unidirectional transmission links for faster and more efficient data communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Globespanvirata, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell W. Bell, Gabe P. Torok, James J. Michaels