Method and apparatus for increasing bandwidth assignment latency in a data transmission scheme which employs the aloha protocol, to thereby improve bandwidth efficiency
First Claim
1. An interactive voice control application for an interactive digital television system, comprising:
- a receive module;
at least one set top box;
means for implementing a data transmission scheme between said at least one set top box and said receive module; and
means for increasing bandwidth latency in said data transmission scheme to improve interactive digital television.
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Abstract
An interactive voice control application for an interactive digital television system needs greater than the typical bandwidth provided in the digital interactive television system return path. One way to obtain greater bandwidth is to make greater utilization of existing bandwidth. The invention herein provides a modified Aloha protocol that can solve the problem of maximizing bandwidth utilization without requiring changes to deployed equipment. The preferred embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for increasing bandwidth assignment latency in a data transmission scheme which employs the Aloha protocol, to improve channel utilization in a multi-carrier data transmission system which thereby improves bandwidth efficiency.
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105 Claims
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1. An interactive voice control application for an interactive digital television system, comprising:
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a receive module;
at least one set top box;
means for implementing a data transmission scheme between said at least one set top box and said receive module; and
means for increasing bandwidth latency in said data transmission scheme to improve interactive digital television. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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25. An interactive voice control application for an interactive digital television system, comprising:
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a receive module, said receive module comprising a multichannel receive card comprising a plurality of channels for communication with at least one set top box, wherein at least one of said channels is a shared request channel;
at least one set top box; and
means for implementing a data transmission scheme between said at least one set top box and said receive module.
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27. An interactive voice control method for an interactive digital television system, comprising the steps of:
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providing a receive module;
providing at least one set top box;
implementing a data transmission scheme between said at least one set top box and said receive module; and
increasing bandwidth latency in said data transmission scheme to improve interactive digital television. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. An interactive voice control method for an interactive digital television system, comprising the steps of:
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providing a receive module, said receive module comprising a multichannel receive card comprising a plurality of channels for communication with at least one set top box, wherein at least one of said channels is a shared request channel;
providing at least one set top box; and
implementing a data transmission scheme between said at least one set top box and said receive module. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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53. A multicarrier communications system, comprising:
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a central communications nexus;
a user terminal;
a data transmission scheme for effecting between said communications user terminal and said central communications nexus; and
a protocol for increasing bandwidth assignment latency in said data transmission scheme to improve channel utilization in said communications system. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A multicarrier communications system including a plurality of user terminals said system, comprising:
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a multichannel receive module comprising a plurality of channels for communication with at least one user terminal, wherein at least one of said channels is a shared request channel;
a data transmission scheme for effective communications between said user terminals and said receive module; and
a protocol for increasing bandwidth assignment latency in said data transmission scheme to improve channel utilization in said communications system.
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81. A multicarrier communications method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a receive module;
providing at least one user terminal;
implementing a data transmission scheme between said at least one user terminal and said receive module; and
increasing bandwidth assignment latency in said data transmission scheme to improve channel utilization in said communications method. - View Dependent Claims (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104)
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105. In a multicarrier communications system including a plurality of user terminals, a method comprising the steps of:
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providing a multichannel receive module comprising a plurality of channels for communication with said user terminals, wherein at least one of said channels is a shared request channel;
implementing a data transmission scheme between said user terminals and said receive module; and
increasing bandwidth assignment latency in said data transmission scheme to improve channel utilization in said communications system.
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