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Home gateway for multiple units

  • US 20080120675A1
  • Filed: 11/22/2006
  • Published: 05/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A home gateway for a home media network the home media network comprising content source inputs from any one of cable, satellite and digital broadcasting streams, digital data inputs including the Internet, and domestic content sources, and a plurality of terminal devices, each terminal device having a thin client, the home gateway comprising:

  • a plurality of input interfaces each configured for receiving data from a respective content source;

    a multi-standard decoder unit capable of processing streams from the respective content sources, said processing being per stream according to a required one of a plurality of supported compression and encryption standards;

    an internal stream generation unit able to create internally generated streams;

    a layout generation unit adapted to generate substantially simultaneously a plurality of different composite layout streams, each one of said different composite layout streams being generated according to at least one of said plurality of input streams;

    a multi-standard encoder unit capable of processing said composite layout streams, according to a variety of compression and encryption standards to produce reduced bandwidth output in a manner suitable for successful utilization by a thin client; and

    a plurality of output interfaces for providing said composite layout streams to respective terminals.

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