SATELLITE SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for receiving satellite television signals. A centralized system component may be provided in association with the satellite antenna. The centralized system component includes at least one or more tuners and one or more demodulators. The centralized component may provide output through a network adaptor that provides output through a single output, which is a coaxial cable in one embodiment. The centralized component may send output in the form of packetized data directed to one or more set-top boxes by way of a network transaction. The set-top box or boxes may be operable to receive the network transaction and to process the data, as appropriate, for display on a TV/monitor.
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21 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A television distribution system, comprising:
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a tuner and demodulation section, comprising a plurality of tuners and a plurality of demodulators, the tuner and demodulation section configured to; receive a transponder signal via a tuner of the plurality of tuners, wherein the transponder signal comprises a plurality of individual transport streams; remove, by a demodulator of the plurality of demodulators, a carrier signal from the transponder signal; and transmit, to a plurality of client devices across a network, packetized data comprising the transponder signal, wherein the carrier signal has been removed from the transponder signal; a first client device comprising a demultiplexer, the first client device configured to; receive, via the network, the packetized data comprising the transponder signal; using the demultiplexer, separate out an individual transport stream of the plurality of individual transport streams from the transponder signal; and output the individual transport stream for display, wherein the first client device is part of the plurality of client devices. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for television signal distribution, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a tuner and demodulation section, a transponder signal, wherein the transponder signal comprises a plurality of individual transport streams; removing, by the tuner and demodulation section, a carrier signal from the transponder signal; and transmitting, to a plurality of client devices across a network, packetized data comprising the transponder signal, wherein the carrier signal has been removed from the transponder signal; receiving, by a first client device via a network, the packetized data comprising the transponder signal; using a demultiplexer, separating out an individual transport stream of the plurality of individual transport streams from the transponder signal by the first client device; and outputting, by the first client device, the individual transport stream for display, wherein the first client device is part of the plurality of client devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21)
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20. An apparatus, comprising:
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a plurality of tuners operative to receive a plurality of transponder streams, wherein each tuner is operable to; select and output a first transponder signal; and select and output a second transponder signal in response to a channel change command of a packetized request received via a network adapter from a client device, wherein; the channel change command is indicative of an individual transport stream that is part of the second transponder signal; and each transponder signal comprises multiple individual transport streams; a plurality of demodulators, each demodulator having an input connected with an output of one of the plurality of tuners, and each demodulator configured to remove a carrier signal from a received transponder signal; and the network adapter operable to; receive the packetized request from the client device via the coaxial cable network; provide the channel change command to a first tuner, wherein the first tuner is selected based on the channel change command received via the coaxial cable network; and packetize the second transponder signal; and transmit the packets comprising the second transponder signal via a coaxial network through a single output of the network adapter.
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