System and method for processing multiple broadcast multimedia streams
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a broadcast signal containing a set of multiplexed multimedia channels;
storing said multiplexed multimedia channels in a temporary storage buffer on a mass storage device; and
demultiplexing and decoding a first channel of said set of multiplexed multimedia channels responsive to a user request to view multimedia content contained in said first channel.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed comprising: receiving a broadcast signal containing a set of multiplexed multimedia channels; storing the multiplexed multimedia channels in a temporary storage buffer on a mass storage device; and demultiplexing and decoding a first channel of the set of multiplexed multimedia channels responsive to a user request to view multimedia content contained in the first channel.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a broadcast signal containing a set of multiplexed multimedia channels;
storing said multiplexed multimedia channels in a temporary storage buffer on a mass storage device; and
demultiplexing and decoding a first channel of said set of multiplexed multimedia channels responsive to a user request to view multimedia content contained in said first channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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tuning means to receive a broadcast signal containing a set of multiplexed multimedia channels;
storage means to store said multiplexed multimedia channels in a temporary storage buffer on a mass storage device; and
selection means to select a first channel of said multiplexed multimedia channels in said set stored on said mass storage device responsive to a user request to view multimedia content contained in said first multimedia channel; and
demultiplexing and decoding means to demultiplex and decode said first channel. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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12. A system for processing a plurality of multimedia streams comprising:
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a tuner to receive a multimedia signal at a specified frequency and convert said multimedia signal to a baseband multimedia signal;
a demodulator to demodulate said baseband multimedia signal to produce a plurality of multiplexed multimedia streams;
a mass storage device for storing said multiplexed multimedia streams;
selection logic for selecting one or more of said multimedia streams from said mass storage device to render on a display responsive to a user command; and
a multi-stream PID filter module to demultiplex said one or more multimedia streams prior to rendering said one or more multimedia stream on said display.
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25. A graphical user interface comprised of a plurality of program entries, each of said program entries corresponding to a plurality of programs and comprising:
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a multimedia portion containing multimedia content related to a program to which said program entry corresponds;
an informational portion containing data related to said program to which said program entry corresponds; and
a selection region which, when selected, causes said program to be stored for subsequent playback.
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30. A system comprising:
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a wideband tuner to receive two or more groups of statistically multiplexed channels at a specified frequency range;
a wideband demodulator to demodulate said two or more groups of statistically multiplexed channels;
a wideband multi-channel PID filter module to filter certain multimedia channels from said two or more groups of multimedia channels and to store said filtered multimedia channels to a mass storage device; and
selection logic for selecting one or more of said filtered multimedia channels from said mass storage device to render on a display. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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38. A method comprising:
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receiving a group of statistically multiplexed multimedia channels from a content provider;
demultiplexing said group of multimedia channels;
storing said demultiplexed channels on a mass storage device;
decoding a first channel of said demultiplexed channels responsive to a user request to view said first channel.
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