Integrated home network system for providing multimedia services and integrated terminal device for the integrated home network system
First Claim
1. An integrated home network system for providing multimedia services, comprising:
- a service providing system for providing at least one of a high definition television (HDTV) broadcast, a video on demand (VOD) service and an Internet access service to subscribers of the home network;
a plurality of integrated terminal devices corresponding to respective subscribers of the network, the integrated terminal devices providing an Internet access to the respective subscribers through subscriber lines, receiving at least one of HDTV broadcast contents and VOD contents through the subscriber lines, and providing said at least one of the HDTV broadcast contents and the VOD contents to an HDTV for each subscriber; and
an access network connected between the service providing system and the plurality of integrated terminal devices, the access network providing a communication path between the service providing system and the plurality of integrated terminal devices so that the subscribers receive said at least one of the HDTV broadcast contents and the VOD contents through the subscriber lines and have access to the Internet.
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Abstract
An integrated home network system for providing multimedia services enables each subscriber to view a high definition television (HDTV) broadcast and to use high-speed Internet by connecting one external line to only one terminal device and to provide an integrated terminal device for the integrated home network system. The integrated home network system comprises: a service providing system for providing an HDTV broadcast; a plurality of integrated terminal devices corresponding to the respective subscribers of the network, the integrated terminal devices providing Internet access to the respective subscribers through subscriber lines, receiving the HDTV broadcast through the subscriber lines, and providing such HDTV broadcast to an HDTV for each subscriber; and an access network connected between the service providing system and the integrated terminal devices, the access network providing a communication path between the service providing system and the integrated terminal devices so that the subscribers can receive the HDTV broadcast through the subscriber lines, and can have access to the Internet.
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14 Claims
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1. An integrated home network system for providing multimedia services, comprising:
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a service providing system for providing at least one of a high definition television (HDTV) broadcast, a video on demand (VOD) service and an Internet access service to subscribers of the home network;
a plurality of integrated terminal devices corresponding to respective subscribers of the network, the integrated terminal devices providing an Internet access to the respective subscribers through subscriber lines, receiving at least one of HDTV broadcast contents and VOD contents through the subscriber lines, and providing said at least one of the HDTV broadcast contents and the VOD contents to an HDTV for each subscriber; and
an access network connected between the service providing system and the plurality of integrated terminal devices, the access network providing a communication path between the service providing system and the plurality of integrated terminal devices so that the subscribers receive said at least one of the HDTV broadcast contents and the VOD contents through the subscriber lines and have access to the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An integrated terminal device for an integrated home network system for providing multimedia services, the integrated home network system including a service providing system for providing a high definition television (HDTV) broadcast, a video on demand (VOD) service and an Internet access service to subscribers of the home network, and at least one said integrated terminal device corresponding to a respective one of the subscribers of the network, each said integrated terminal device being connected to a very-high-data-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL), and comprising:
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at least one interface section comprising one of an Ethernet interface section connected to a personal computer through an Ethernet, a home phone line networking alliance (HPNA) interface section connected through a subscriber telephone line to a device having another HPNA interface section, and a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface section connected by wireless to a device having another WLAN interface section;
a VDSL interface section for demodulating a VDSL frame received through the VDSL, converting the demodulated VDSL frame into an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell, modulating the ATM cell into the VDSL frame for transmission to the VDSL, and transmitting the modulated VDSL frame to the VDSL;
a moving picture expert group transport stream (MPEG TS) section for converting an ATM cell associated with one of contents of an MPEG TS of an HDTV broadcast and video on demand (VOD) contents received through the VDSL interface section into the MPEG TS;
an MPEG-2 decoder for decoding audio and video data from the MPEG TS;
an HDTV encoder connected to an HDTV, the HDTV encoder encoding the audio and video data decoded by the MPEG-2 decoder to form an HDTV signal, and transmitting the HDTV signal to the HDTV; and
a microprocessor unit for converting an Internet protocol packet, to be transmitted from each said Ethernet interface section, home phone line networking alliance (HPNA) interface section and wireless local area network (WLAN) interface section to the Internet, into the ATM cell so as to transmit the ATM cell to the VDSL interface section, converting the ATM cell received from the VDSL interface section into the Internet protocol packet so as to transmit the Internet protocol packet to one of said Ethernet interface section, said HPNA interface section and said WLAN interface section, and operating the MPEG TS section in response to the ATM cell. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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