Remote control having a print button function

• US 20020120944A1
• Filed: 02/23/2001
• Published: 08/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta LLC (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta LLC (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wasilewski, Louise Mary
• Application Number:
  US09/792,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20020120944A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/140
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00291 with receiver circuitry television receiver circuitry per se H04N5/44
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00294 for printing images at a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23611 Insertion of stuffing data into a multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bitrate synchronisation arrangements in time-division multiplex systems using bit stuffing for systems with different or fluctuating information rates H04J3/073
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4117 for generating hard copies of the content, e.g. printer, electronic paper interfaces to printers G06F3/12; printing data G06K15/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream

Abstract

In a system for delivering and receiving information that includes a presentation device (600) for presenting the information to a user and for receiving embedded data. The presentation device (600) also includes a data port (635) for providing the embedded data to an external printer upon command and a command port for receiving commands from a remote control unit (500). The remote control unit (500) includes a transmitter (540) for providing the commands to the presentation device (600) and input means for receiving control signals from the user, wherein, upon reception of a print control signal from the user, the remote control unit (500) transmits a print command to the presentation device (600). The presentation device (600) then provides the embedded data to the data port (635) for printing.

Claims

1. A system for delivering and receiving information, the system comprising:

a presentation device for presenting the information to a user and for receiving embedded data, the presentation device including a data port for providing the embedded data to an external printer upon command and a command port for receiving commands; and

a remote control unit including a transmitter for providing the commands to the presentation device and input means for receiving control signals from the user, wherein, upon reception of a print control signal from the user, the remote control unit transmits a print command to the presentation device, in response to which the embedded data related to the information is provided to the data port for printing.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information is a transport stream, the transport stream comprising at least one of:

audio streams,

video streams, and

embedded data streams.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the presentation device includes:

a set-top receiver for receiving the transport stream; and

a television for presenting at least the video and audio streams, if included in the transport stream.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the transport stream is an MPEG transport stream.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the MPEG transport stream includes MPEG tables, wherein the MPEG tables include packet identifiers identifying the audio streams, the video streams, and embedded data streams.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote control unit is a wireless infrared keyboard having a print button function.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote control unit is an infrared remote control having a print button function.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the system is a broadband cable television system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the broadband cable television system further comprises:

a headend for generating the transport stream from multiple input sources; and

a distribution system for delivering the transport stream to the presentation device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the distribution system is one of an optical fiber network, a coaxial cable network, a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, a satellite system, an off-air VHF/UHF network, and a direct broadcast system.

11. A broadband communications system for transmitting and receiving transport streams over a distribution system, wherein the transport stream includes video streams, audio streams, and embedded data streams, the broadband communications system comprising:

a headend for generating the transport stream from multiple input sources;

a distribution system for delivering the transport stream;

a presentation device for presenting at least a portion of the transport stream to a user and for receiving the embedded data, the presentation device including a data port for providing the embedded data to an external printer upon command and a command port for receiving commands; and

a remote control unit including a transmitter for providing the commands to the presentation device and input means for receiving control signals from the user, wherein, upon reception of a print control signal from the user, the remote control unit transmits a print command to the presentation device, in response to which the embedded data related to the transport stream is provided to the data port for printing.

12. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the presentation device includes:

a set-top receiver for receiving video, audio, and embedded data streams; and

a television for presenting the video and audio streams.

13. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the transport stream is an MPEG transport stream.

14. The broadband communications system of claim 13, wherein the MPEG transport stream includes MPEG tables, wherein the MPEG tables include packet identifiers identifying the audio streams, the video streams, and embedded data streams.

15. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the remote control unit is an infrared remote control having a print button.

16. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the remote control unit is an infrared keyboard having a print button.

17. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the distribution system is one of an optical fiber network, a coaxial cable network, a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, a satellite system, an off-air VHF/UHF network, and a direct broadcast system.

18. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the embedded data is not provided to the user.

19. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the embedded data is provided to the user.

20. The broadband communications system of claim 19, wherein the embedded data is an HTML file.