Universal software defined home gateway

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8884774
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12414842

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A system and method for communicating energy or water consumption related information from a plurality of RF enabled peripheral devices in a home, such as utility meters, thermostats, appliances and load controllers. The system includes a home gateway that enables wireless RF peripheral devices in a home to communicate to a WAN network, such as the internet. The home gateway contains a RF multi-band software defined radio that is fully programmable and configurable so that it is capable of emulating, transmitting, and receiving any of a plurality of RF protocols over multiple RF channels. The home gateway supports commonly used interfaces for communicating to the public WAN network. The system also supports future peripherals that do not exist today due to the flexibility of the home gateway.

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  • M&FC HOLDING, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sanderford,, Jr H Britton New Orleans, US 15 347

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