System using a computer as television set server
First Claim
1. System allowing the use of a computer as a server for television sets, adapted in particular to record and manipulate programs or data using coding by packets constituted of a set of data routed in blocks in a network, whether of the wireless type, by cable or satellite, characterized by the combination of a module (4), integrated into or connected to the digital decoder (1) associated with the television set (2) and to the computer (3) by digital links (6, 7), and comprising a micro-electronic component (5) provided with enhanced filtering units and an interface for controlling the resources of said computer from said digital decoder due to a specific software (13) integrated therein.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a system for using a computer as server for television sets. It consists of a module (4) connected to the decoder (1) of the television set (2) and to the computer (3) by digital links, and comprising a micro-electronic component (5) provided with enhanced filtering units and an interface for controlling the computer resources from a decoder by means of a specific software integrated therein. The invention concerns reception on a television set of data of all types, and in particular programs or data using coding by packets consisting of a set of data routed in blocks in a network, whether of the wireless type, by cable or satellite.
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1. System allowing the use of a computer as a server for television sets, adapted in particular to record and manipulate programs or data using coding by packets constituted of a set of data routed in blocks in a network, whether of the wireless type, by cable or satellite,
characterized by the combination of a module (4), integrated into or connected to the digital decoder (1) associated with the television set (2) and to the computer (3) by digital links (6, 7), and comprising a micro-electronic component (5) provided with enhanced filtering units and an interface for controlling the resources of said computer from said digital decoder due to a specific software (13) integrated therein.
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