9 ACCESS AND HOME NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS COMPRISED OF COMPUTERS, COMMUNICATION SERVERS, ASYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE, ROUTERS, MODULAR AND INTEGRATED ACCESS GATEWAYS, SET TOP BOXES, DATA SMART CARDS, MODEMS, MULTIPLEXERS, TERMINALS, RECEIVERS, TRANSMITTERS, DECODERS, AND TRANSCEIVERS CAPABLE OF PROCESSING BROADCAST, SATELLITE, FACSIMILE, TELEVISION, TELECOMMUNICATION, NETWORK, INFRARED, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNALS AND FOR TRANSMISSION, REPRODUCING OR RECEIVING OF SOUND, IMAGES, VIDEO, MULTIMEDIA OR DATA AND FIBER ETHERNET ACCESSES, NAMELY, SWITCHES, WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (LAN) PRODUCTS, NAMELY, MOBILE COMPUTER, SERVERS, ROUTERS, MODULAR AND INTEGRATED ACCESS GATEWAYS, SET TOP BOXES, DATA SMART CARDS, MODEMS, MULTIPLEXERS, TERMINALS, RECEIVERS, TRANSMITTERS, DECODERS, AND TRANSCEIVERS, WIRELESS ETHERNET DUAL ACCESS POINTS, WIRELESS ETHERNET ACCESS POINTS AND STARTER KITS COMPRISING INSTALLATION CD ROM; EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES FOR USE IN HOME COMMUNICATIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS, NAMELY, MODULAR AND INTEGRATED ACCESS GATEWAYS FOR HOME NETWORKING, SET TOP BOXES FOR HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMPRISED OF RADIO TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS FOR REMOTE CONTROL; OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, NAMELY, SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS COMPRISED OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS FEATURING SDH (SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY), PDH (PLESIOCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY), PON (PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK), AND WDM (WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING); OPTICAL MODEMS, NAMELY, OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER; DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, NAMELY, ROUTERS, SWITCHES, AND INTEGRATED ACCESS PLATFORMS IN THE NATURE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR USE IN ACCESSING COMPUTER NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES FOR USE IN ACCESS AND HOME NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS, NAMELY, MOBILE COMPUTER SERVERS, ROUTERS, MODULAR AND INTEGRATED ACCESS GATEWAYS, SET TOP BOXES, DATA SMART CARDS, MODEMS, MULTIPLEXERS, TERMINALS, RECEIVERS, TRANSMITTERS, DECODERS, AND TRANSCEIVERS, WIRELESS ETHERNET DUAL ACCESS POINTS FOR CONNECTING NETWORKS COMPUTER USERS, WIRELESS ETHERNET ACCESS POINTS FOR CONNECTING NETWORKS COMPUTER USERS AND STARTER KITS COMPRISING INSTALLATION CD ROM AND INSTRUCTIONAL MANUALS SOLD AS A UNIT THEREWITH, WIRELESS GATEWAY ROUTERS IN THE NATURE OF COMPUTER CONTROL HARDWARE FOR HOME AND BUSINESS APPLICATIONS, WIRELESS MODULES IN THE NATURE OF TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS FOR HANDHELDS, NAMELY, COMPUTERS, WIRELESS LAN ANTENNAS, WIRELESS LAN POWER INJECTORS, DOMESTIC APPLIANCES, NAMELY, SET TOP BOXES, VIDEO STATIONS COMPRISED OF MONITORS AND CAMERAS, REMOTELY CONTROLLED HOME APPLIANCES REGULATORS IN THE NATURE OF THERMOSTATS, ELECTRIC LIGHT DIMMER AND SWITCHES, SET TOP BOXES FOR USE IN VIDEOCONFERENCING, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, NAMELY, ROUTERS SWITCHES AND INTEGRATED ACCESS PLATFORMS IN THE NATURE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR USE IN COMPUTER NETWORK ACCESS; CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT (CPE) IN THE NATURE OF SET TOP BOXES, INTEGRATED ACCESS DEVICES (IAD) IN THE NATURE OF MODEMS, CAMERAS FOR USE IN TRANSMITTING IMAGES VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK, DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) ENABLED CUSTOMER ELECTRONIC GOODS, NAMELY, MODEMS, ALARM SYSTEMS, NAMELY, ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARM MONITORING SYSTEMS; HOME NETWORKING APPLIANCES, NAMELY, VIDEO PHONES, SET-TOP-BOXES (STB), INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) SET TOP-BOXES, INTEGRATED ACCESS DEVICES (IAD), WEBCAMS, XDSL ENABLED CONSUMER ELECTRONICS GOODS, NAMELY, MODEMS AND ALARM SYSTEMS; DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) TERMINATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION, NAMELY, TERMINALS AND EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES FOR USE IN THE ABOVE BROADBAND ACCESS SYSTEMS, NAMELY, MODEMS, SWITCHES, ROUTERS, HUBS, VOIP (VOICE OVER IP), WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK ACCESS POINTS FOR CONNECTING NETWORK COMPUTER USERS, REPEATERS AND ADAPTERS; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK (PON) COMPRISED OF COMPUTER HARDWARE FOR USE IN LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN), COMPUTER NETWORK SWITCHES AND ROUTERS, NAMELY, OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT (ONU) AND OPTICAL LINE TERMINATION (OLT) SWITCHES/ROUTERS FOR METRO AREA NETWORKS, PDH (PLESIOCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY) ACCESS MULTIPLEXERS, DSL MULTIPLEXERS; LAST MILE TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, NAMELY, MEDIA CONVERTERS, MODEMS, GATEWAY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, SWITCHES, ROUTERS, MULTIPLEXERS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXCHANGERS; MEDIA CONVERTERS, MODEMS, GATEWAYS FOR RESIDENTIAL AND VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK USE, NAMELY, COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION BETWEEN COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS, VPN ROUTERS (VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK ROUTERS), COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR THE CREATION OF FIREWALLS FOR PERSONAL COMPUTER, GATEWAYS ROUTERS IN THE NATURE OF COMPUTER CONTROL HARDWARE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRIC SWITCHES, ROUTERS, NAMELY, VPN ROUTERS (VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK ROUTERS), WIRELESS GAMING ROUTERS, DSL ROUTERS (DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE ROUTERS), WIRELESS DSL ROUTERS (WIRELESS DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE ROUTERS), ADSL ROUTERS (ASYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE ROUTERS), ISDN ROUTERS (INTEGRATED SERVICE DIGITAL NETWORK ROUTERS), ISDN TERMINAL ROUTERS (INTEGRATED SERVICE DIGITAL NETWORK TERMINAL ADAPTERS); MULTIPLEXERS; HOME NETWORKING APPLIANCES, NAMELY, VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDERS, CABLE BOXES IN THE NATURE OF CABLE TELEVISION CONVERTERS, SET TOP BOXES (STB), VIDEO STATIONS FEATURING CAMERAS AND MONITORS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MODEMS, AMPLIFIERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; SET-TOP BOXES; DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (XDSL) EQUIPMENT, NAMELY, COMPUTER HARDWARE THAT ENABLES VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, VOICE COMMUNICATIONS, VOICE-OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNICATIONS, VIDEO-OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNICATIONS, ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, VOICE-OVER-DIGITAL-SUBSCRIBER LINE COMMUNICATIONS, VIDEO-OVER-DIGITAL-SUBSCRIBER LINE COMMUNICATIONS, VOICE MAIL, VIDEO MAIL, CALL FORWARDING, CALLER ID, CONFERENCING, CUSTOMIZED PHONE NUMBER DIRECTORIES, CALL ROUTING SERVICES AND VOICE-OVER DIGITAL LINE COMMUNICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, VOICE COMMUNICATIONS, VOICE-OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNICATIONS, VIDEO-OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNICATIONS, ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, VOICE-OVER-DIGITAL-SUBSCRIBER LINE COMMUNICATIONS, VIDEO-OVER-DIGITAL-SUBSCRIBER LINE COMMUNICATIONS, VOICE MAIL, VIDEO MAIL, CALL FORWARDING, CALLER ID, CONFERENCING, CUSTOMIZED PHONE NUMBER DIRECTORIES, CALL ROUTING SERVICES AND VOICE-OVER DIGITAL LINE COMMUNICATIONS; COMPONENTS FOR USE IN THE ABOVE DEVICES, NAMELY, DSL MODEMS, CABLE MODEMS AND SATELLITE MODEMS THAT INTERFACE DIRECTLY WITH DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DSL, SATELLITE DATA OR CABLE BROADBAND DATA SERVICES AND RELATED SOFTWARE AS A UNIT THEREWITH; COMPONENTS FOR USE IN THE ABOVE DEVICES, NAMELY, OPTICAL TELEPHONE AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS, POWER SUPPLIERS, FAN-OUT FOR SEPARATING INDIVIDUAL FIBERS OR BUFFER TUBES OF A FIBER-OPTIC CABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPLICING OR INSTALLING OPTICAL CONNECTORS, SPLICES FOR ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES, OPTICAL NETWORKING SPLITTERS; END-TO-END VIDEO SOLUTION, NAMELY, VIDEO ENCODERS, VIDEO SERVERS, SET TOP BOXES, VIDEO CAMERAS, VIDEO ENCODERS AND SOFTWARE, NAMELY, FOR COMPLETE IP VIDEO BROADCASTING, OPTICAL CABLES, ELECTRICAL CABLES, COAXIAL CABLES, TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK CABLES; VIDEO ENCODERS AND RELATED SOFTWARE SOLD AS A UNIT; TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND LINES, NAMELY, TERMINALS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA, AUDIO, VOICE, VIDEO AND TELEPHONE SIGNALS AND TRANSMISSION WIRES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLES; OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF SWITCHES AND TRANSMITTERS AND TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR CONVERTING AN OPTICAL SIGNAL FOR USE IN OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OPTICAL CABLES, APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AN OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION SIGNAL AND TRANSMITTING SAID SIGNAL IN OPTICAL OR ELECTRICAL FORM, OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS, OPTICAL REPEATERS, OPTICAL FILTERS, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS BOTH ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, RECEIVING, PROCESSING, CONTROLLING, SWITCHING AND FORWARDING SIGNAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS FOR USE IN OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION AND TRANSMISSION LINES, TELECOMMUNICATION SWITCHES AND FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND SOFTWARE, NAMELY, COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR USE IN OPERATING OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION AND TRANSMISSION LINES, TELECOMMUNICATION SWITCHES AND FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND COMPUTER MANUALS, DIAGRAMS AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS SOLD AS A UNIT THEREWITH, OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND LINES WITH WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING, NAMELY, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, CABLES, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AMPLIFIERS, REPEATERS, FILTERS, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SWITCHES; VIDEO, VOICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND LINES, NAMELY, THE COMBINATION OF ONE OR MORE TRANSMITTERS AND A TRANSMISSION CABLE, OPERATIVE TO TRANSMIT VIDEO, VOICE AND/OR DATA OF OTHER KIND FROM A TRANSMITTER TO ONE OR MORE RECEIVERS, NAMELY, RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, TELEPHONE NETWORK OR SYSTEMS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF DATA, TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTERS, FIBER OPTIC CABLES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND LINES FOR INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS, NAMELY, OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, NAMELY, TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SIGNALS AND VICE VERSA; APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF OPTICAL SIGNALS WITHOUT AMPLIFICATION, NAMELY, FIBER OPTICS, FIBER OPTIC PASSIVE NETWORKS PRINCIPALLY COMPRISING TRANSMITTERS, CABLES, RECEIVERS, AMPLIFIERS, REPEATERS, FILTERS, SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND SWITCHES, AND PASSIVE OPTICAL CABLES; OPTICAL GENERATORS, NAMELY, RECEIVERS, AMPLIFIERS, REPEATERS, FILTERS, SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND SWITCHES, OPTICAL RECEIVERS, OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS, OPTICAL REGENERATORS, NAMELY, RECEIVERS, AMPLIFIERS, REPEATERS, FILTERS, SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND SWITCHES; OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS, OPTICAL COUPLERS AND OPTICAL SWITCHES; DEVICES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF OPTICAL SIGNALS WITHOUT AMPLIFICATION, NAMELY, OPTICAL FIBERS AND OPTICAL FIBER PASSIVE NETWORKS DEVICES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF OPTICAL SIGNALS WITHOUT AMPLIFICATION, NAMELY, FIBER OPTIC AND FIBER OPTIC PASSIVE NETWORKS PRINCIPALLY COMPRISING TRANSMITTERS, CABLES, RECEIVERS, AMPLIFIERS, REPEATERS, FILTERS, SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND SWITCHES, AND PASSIVE OPTICAL LINES; DEVICES FOR GENERATING, SWITCHING, COMBINING, AMPLIFYING, REGENERATING, TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING OPTICAL SIGNALS, NAMELY, OPTICAL FIBERS, OPTICAL FIBER PASSIVE NETWORKS PRINCIPALLY COMPRISING TRANSMITTERS, CABLES, RECEIVERS, AMPLIFIERS, REPEATERS, FILTERS, SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND SWITCHES; DEVICES FOR CABLE TELEVISION, NAMELY, CABLE TV TRANSMITTERS, CABLE TV DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS COMPRISED OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, CABLE TV MODULATORS, CABLE TV AMPLIFIERS AND CABLE TV RECEIVERS; OPTICAL DEVICES, NAMELY, OPTICAL SPLITTERS, OPTICAL MODULATORS, OPTICAL FILTERS, SWITCHES; 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