Next generation television receiver

Details Next generation television receiver Next generation television receiver

2002-01-11

2009-12-15

Kelley, Christopher (Department: 2424)

Interactive video distribution systems

Local video distribution system

Multiunit or multiroom structure

C725S074000, C725S078000, C725S085000, C725S105000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07634795

ABSTRACT:
A method and mechanism for configuring a receiver as a proxy to transcode data and provide for intercommunication among secondary devices. In one embodiment, a proxy receiver in a viewer's home is configured to perform transcoding and other processing to enable use of services by secondary devices which would otherwise not be able to utilize such services. In addition, the proxy receiver may be configured to provide communication between devices which would otherwise not be able to communicate with one another. In one embodiment, the proxy receiver includes a receiver configured to receive programming signals, an I/O interface configured to communicate with a secondary device, and a transcode subsystem. The transcode subsystem is configured to detect received data, determine a target secondary device of the received data, determine a target data format corresponding to the target secondary device, and initiate transcoding of the received data to the target data format. Additionally, the transcode subsystem may be configured to detect an attempted communication from an unregistered secondary device, and either register the device if the data format of the secondary device is supported, or initiate a request for a transcode subunit which supports the data format of the unregistered secondary device if the data format is not supported.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5577042 (1996-11-01), McGraw et al.
patent: 5918013 (1999-06-01), Mighdoll et al.
patent: 5996022 (1999-11-01), Krueger et al.
patent: 6040829 (2000-03-01), Croy et al.
patent: 6049821 (2000-04-01), Theriault et al.
patent: 6185625 (2001-02-01), Tso et al.
patent: 6237031 (2001-05-01), Knauerhase et al.
patent: 6237049 (2001-05-01), Ludtke et al.
patent: 6421069 (2002-07-01), Ludtke et al.
patent: 6449767 (2002-09-01), Krapf et al.
patent: 6532593 (2003-03-01), Moroney
patent: 6744967 (2004-06-01), Kaminski et al.
patent: 2001/0018718 (2001-08-01), Ludtke et al.
patent: 2002/0019984 (2002-02-01), Rakib
patent: 2002/0104019 (2002-08-01), Chatani et al.
patent: 2003/0066084 (2003-04-01), Kaars
patent: 2003/0110513 (2003-06-01), Plourde et al.
patent: 0 964 558 (1998-09-01), None
patent: WO 01/47248 (2001-06-01), None
Kunzman and Weizel, 1394 High Performance Serial Bus: The Digital Interface for ATV, Texas Instruments.
International Search Report; PCT/US 02/38869; Mailed Aug. 05, 2003.
WAG UAProf; Version 20; Oct. 2001; Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Ltd. (WAP-248-UAPROF-20011020-a).

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Next generation television receiver does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Next generation television receiver, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Next generation television receiver will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4146371