System to deliver internet media streams, data & telecommunications
First Claim
1. A system for delivering broadcast and communications services through a connection system to fixed, vehicular and portable recipients, wherein said services comprise provision of one or more Internet media streams comprising Internet audio streams and Internet video streams, Internet data comprising the world-wide-web and email, and telecommunications;
- the system comprising one or more gateways which provide connections to external communications networks and nodes and internal loopbacks from which said services are obtained, each of said one or more gateways comprising;
(a) a selection system to selectively establish communication channels with said external communication nodes networks and preferably said loopbacks to establish an individual bidirectional channel between each said node network and allow recipients to obtain the communication channel of their choice;
(b) a processing system comprising non-blocking matrix switching or routing system, buffering, packeting, and addressing systems;
processing said channels containing said services into digitised packaged data format and said addressing systems identifying, storing and updating in real time the location of each recipient, whether fixed, vehicular or portable, and applying routing information to each packet of said digitised packaged data to enable said packets to be correctly routed through the system to reach each recipient.
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Abstract
A system for delivering broadcast and communications services, wherein said services comprise provision of one or more Internet media streams; the system comprising one or more gateways which provide connections to external communications networks and nodes and internal loopbacks from which said services are obtained, each of said gateways comprising: a selection system to selectively establish communication channels with said external communication nodes networks and said loopbacks to establish an individual bidirectional channel between each node network and allow recipients to obtain the communication channel of their choice; a processing system comprising non-blocking matrix switching or routing system, buffering, packeting, and addressing systems; processing said channels containing services into digitized packaged data format and said addressing systems identifying, storing and updating the location of each recipient, and applying routing information to each packet of digitized packaged data to enable packets to be correctly routed through the system.
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42 Claims
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1. A system for delivering broadcast and communications services through a connection system to fixed, vehicular and portable recipients, wherein said services comprise provision of one or more Internet media streams comprising Internet audio streams and Internet video streams, Internet data comprising the world-wide-web and email, and telecommunications;
- the system comprising one or more gateways which provide connections to external communications networks and nodes and internal loopbacks from which said services are obtained, each of said one or more gateways comprising;
(a) a selection system to selectively establish communication channels with said external communication nodes networks and preferably said loopbacks to establish an individual bidirectional channel between each said node network and allow recipients to obtain the communication channel of their choice;
(b) a processing system comprising non-blocking matrix switching or routing system, buffering, packeting, and addressing systems;
processing said channels containing said services into digitised packaged data format and said addressing systems identifying, storing and updating in real time the location of each recipient, whether fixed, vehicular or portable, and applying routing information to each packet of said digitised packaged data to enable said packets to be correctly routed through the system to reach each recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42)
- the system comprising one or more gateways which provide connections to external communications networks and nodes and internal loopbacks from which said services are obtained, each of said one or more gateways comprising;
- 10. The system as defined in 1, wherein the connection means for connection to vehicular and portable recipients is provided by transponders, said transponders providing a means of decoding Internet media streams, modulating same onto individual radio-frequency carriers of appropriate frequency, and transmitting said modulated carriers to one or more recipients within range of said transponder, said transponders including means of sending information containing the frequency of requested streams to a radio modem near the requester of that stream, said modem passing said frequency information to the requestor'"'"'s equipment causing automatic tuning to the stream on said radio frequency and receipt of said transmitted stream.
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13. A portable modem for use by vehicular or portable recipients which enable wireless connection to fixed short-range radio modems for delivering broadcast and communications services including provision of one or more Internet media streams, Internet audio streams and Internet video streams, Internet data, the world-wide-web and email, and telecommunications and for connection to one or more gateways which provide connections to external communications networks and nodes and internal loopbacks from which said services are obtained, said portable modems including:
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(a) storage means for inputting and receiving and storing and editing URLs for said broadcast and communications services;
(b) input means which in response to an action performed by the recipient, recalls from memory the URL of a desired Internet media stream and sends the URL to the gateway to cause said stream to be obtained by the gateway and delivered to said recipient via the short range radio modem;
(c) converting means able to convert packets received from said radio modem to an analogue or digital baseband signal, and performing all necessary processing and amplification to enable same to drive an internal or external audio or video transducer or other external equipment. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 40, 41)
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28. A set-top-box for connection to recipients at fixed locations by modems for delivering broadcast and communications services including provision of one or more Internet media streams, Internet audio streams, Internet video streams, Internet data, the world-wide-web and email, and telecommunications;
- and connecting to one or more gateways which provide connections to external communications networks and nodes and internal loopbacks from which said services are obtained, said set-top-box including receiving means which receives packets of said services processed into digitized packaged data format from a connection means and converts said packets into a useable form for said set-top-box to function as a hub for the recipient'"'"'s external media, computing and telecommunications equipment, wherein the set-top-box provides a means of converting Internet media streams to analogue or digital baseband signals as appropriate, and also performing all necessary processing and amplification to enable same to either drive the recipient'"'"'s external media equipment through wires, or else to be modulated onto a radio-frequency carrier of suitable frequency and transmitted wirelessly for reception by said equipment on the same frequency.
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