Subscriber system for interactive interfacing with broadcast inf

Details Subscriber system for interactive interfacing with broadcast inf Subscriber system for interactive interfacing with broadcast inf

1998-04-07

2000-11-07

Flynn, Nathan

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Remote data accessing

Accessing a remote server

348 8, 455 33, H04N 710

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061449989

ABSTRACT:
A subscriber system (10) includes a dual network interface module (12). The dual network interface module (12) includes slots for a video unit (20) and a bandwidth unit (22). The video unit (20) receives broadcast information from a service provider (24) for ultimate display and viewing by a subscriber at the subscriber system (10). The bandwidth unit (22) provides an interface to a telecommunications network (30) through a telecommunications element (28). The dual network interface module (12) also includes an AC carrier modem (32) that receives and sends information to a processor device (34) over existing AC power lines within the subscriber system (10). In this manner, interactive interfacing of broadcast information received at the video unit (20) can be performed at the processor device (34) through the bandwidth unit (22) and over the telecommunications network (30) on a real time basis. The use of an existing subscriber link (26) and the AC power lines within the subscriber system (10) allows for a cost effective and efficient technique for providing interactive services to subscribers connected to an existing telephone backbone.

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N. Ohta, et al., "Regional Community Network System", IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E79-B, No. 7, Jul. 1996, pp. 890-898.

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