DISTRIBUTION AND NETWORKING OF TELEVISION, VIDEO AND OTHER SIGNALS, INSTALLATION OF SUCH DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, AND CONTROL OF TELEVISION SETS
First Claim
1. A system for distributing television/video/radio/audio signals to different locations, the system comprising a server capable of providing digital television/video/radio/audio signals for a plurality of programmes, a plurality of receivers each at a respective one of said locations, and a network connecting the server to the receivers, each receiver being operable to select a required one of the programmes and to communicate the selection to the server, the server being responsive to such a selection to transmit the digital television/video/radio/audio signal for the selected programme over the network addressed to the receiver that selected that programme, and each receiver being responsive to the digital television/video/radio/audio signal that is addressed to that receiver so that point-to-point communication is established from the server to that receiver.
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Abstract
A system for distributing television/video signals to different locations comprises a server capable of providing digital television/video signals for a plurality of programmes, a plurality of receivers each at a respective one of said locations, and a network connecting the server to the receivers, each receiver being operable to select a required one of the programmes and to communicate the selection to the server, the server being responsive to such a selection to transmit the digital television/video signal for the selected programme over the network addressed to the receiver that selected that programme, and each receiver being responsive to the digital television/video signal that is addressed to that receiver so that point-to-point communication is established from the server to that receiver.
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1. A system for distributing television/video/radio/audio signals to different locations, the system comprising a server capable of providing digital television/video/radio/audio signals for a plurality of programmes, a plurality of receivers each at a respective one of said locations, and a network connecting the server to the receivers, each receiver being operable to select a required one of the programmes and to communicate the selection to the server, the server being responsive to such a selection to transmit the digital television/video/radio/audio signal for the selected programme over the network addressed to the receiver that selected that programme, and each receiver being responsive to the digital television/video/radio/audio signal that is addressed to that receiver so that point-to-point communication is established from the server to that receiver.
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