METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DIGITAL TELEVISION SERVICES, CORRESPONDING GATEWAY AND NETWORK
First Claim
1. Method of transmitting digital television services via a gateway suitable to receive a plurality of digital multiplexes, each multiplex comprising at least one digital audiovisual service, the gateway being suitable to receive a limited number of multiplex among the said plurality, said number being limited according to the capacity of one or more reception tuners, and to transmit them to at least one terminal linked to said gateway,wherein the method comprises a transmission step of a list of at least one service, called available services, to at least one of said terminals;
- the available services being present on the multiplexes that the gateway may receive, the said list of available services depending on the possible services already transmitted to at least one of the said terminals.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for-transmitting digital television services via a gateway suitable to receive several digital multiplexes, each multiplex comprising at least one digital audiovisual service, the gateway being capable of receiving a limited number of multiplexes among the said plurality and of transmitting them to at least one terminal. In order to improve access to the service when the gateway reaches its capacity limit, the gateway transmits a list of at least one available service, to at least one of the terminals; the available services being present on the multiplexes, that the gateway can receive depending on the possible services already transmitted to at least one of the said terminals.
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11 Claims
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1. Method of transmitting digital television services via a gateway suitable to receive a plurality of digital multiplexes, each multiplex comprising at least one digital audiovisual service, the gateway being suitable to receive a limited number of multiplex among the said plurality, said number being limited according to the capacity of one or more reception tuners, and to transmit them to at least one terminal linked to said gateway,
wherein the method comprises a transmission step of a list of at least one service, called available services, to at least one of said terminals; - the available services being present on the multiplexes that the gateway may receive, the said list of available services depending on the possible services already transmitted to at least one of the said terminals.
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10. Gateway suitable to receive a plurality of digital multiplexes and to transmit digital television services, each multiplex comprising at least one digital audiovisual service, the gateway being suitable to receive a limited number of multiplexes among the said plurality, the said number being limited according to the capacity of one or more reception tuners, and to transmit them to at least one terminal linked to the said gateway,
wherein it comprises transmission means of a list of at least one service, called available services, to at least one of said terminals; - the available services being present on the multiplexes that the gateway may receive, said list of available services depending on the possible services already transmitted to at least one of said terminals.
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