Centralized video and data integration unit
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of remote control devices each to receive a user-initiated video selection of any of a plurality of channels;
a plurality of video processing modules, each of the video processing modules responsive to a corresponding one of the remote control devices to request a channel based on the user-initiated video selection;
a distribution module to simultaneously receive all channels requested by the video processing modules and to distribute the channels to those of the video processing modules requesting same;
a plurality of modulators responsive to the video processing modules, each modulator to generate a television signal based on the channel requested an associated one of the video processing modules;
a modem;
a network interface in communication with the modem to provide a data networking signal; and
a plurality of combiners each to combine the television signal from a corresponding one of the modulators with the data networking signal to form a corresponding combined television and data networking signal.
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Abstract
Each of a plurality of remote control devices is to receive a user-initiated video selection of any of a plurality of channels. Each of a plurality of video processing modules is responsive to a corresponding one of the remote control devices to request a channel based on the user-initiated video selection. A distribution module simultaneously receives all channels requested by the video processing modules and distributes the channels to those of the video processing modules requesting same. Each of a plurality of modulators is to generate a television signal based on the channel requested by an associated video processing module. A network interface is in communication with a modem to provide a data networking signal. Each of a plurality of combiners combines the television signal from a modulator with the data networking signal to form a corresponding combined television and data networking signal.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of remote control devices each to receive a user-initiated video selection of any of a plurality of channels;
a plurality of video processing modules, each of the video processing modules responsive to a corresponding one of the remote control devices to request a channel based on the user-initiated video selection;
a distribution module to simultaneously receive all channels requested by the video processing modules and to distribute the channels to those of the video processing modules requesting same;
a plurality of modulators responsive to the video processing modules, each modulator to generate a television signal based on the channel requested an associated one of the video processing modules;
a modem;
a network interface in communication with the modem to provide a data networking signal; and
a plurality of combiners each to combine the television signal from a corresponding one of the modulators with the data networking signal to form a corresponding combined television and data networking signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of remote control devices each to receive a user-initiated video selection of any of a plurality of channels;
a plurality of video processing modules, each of the video processing modules responsive to a corresponding one of the remote control devices to request a channel based on the user-initiated video selection;
a distribution module to simultaneously receive all channels requested by the video processing modules and to distribute the channels to those of the video processing modules requesting same;
a modem;
a network interface in communication with the modem to provide a data networking signal;
a data packet to television signal converter to convert Web-page type information received by the modem to a television signal;
a plurality of mixers, each of the mixers associated with one of the video processing modules;
a selector responsive to the data packet to television signal converter to direct the television signal of Web-page type information to an appropriate one of the mixers;
wherein each of the mixers is to superimpose a television signal directed thereto from the selector onto the channel requested by its associated one of the video processing modules to form a mixed signal;
a plurality of modulators, each of the modulators associated with one of the mixers to modulate its associated mixed signal onto a specific channel; and
a plurality of combiners each to combine the television signal from a corresponding one of the modulators with the data networking signal to form a corresponding combined television and data networking signal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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