Method and System for Data Processing in a Device with Integrated Set-Top-Box and Femtocell Functionality

• US 20150195613A1
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: HOU, Victor T., Chen, Xuemin Sherman, Abraham, Charles, Diab, Wael William, Erceg, Vinko, Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Kent, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/665,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2143 located in a single building, e.g. hotel, hospital or museum arrangements specially adapted for plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63; adaptations for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution in television systems H04N7/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4367 Establishing a secure communication between the client and a peripheral device or smart card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4381 Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells transmission of MPEG streams over ATM H04L12/5601
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440218 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4516 involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

Aspects of a method and system for data processing in a device with integrated set-top-box and femtocell functionality are provided. Data may be received via an integrated femtocell and set-top-box device and may be synchronously processed, utilizing a common clock, to perform one or more femtocell functions and/or set-top-box functions. The common clock may be derived from global navigation satellite system signals. The integrated femtocell and set-top-box device may convert the received data from a first to a second format. The converted data may be transmitted to a cellular enabled communication device via a cellular transmitter within said integrated femtocell and set-top-box device and/or to a multimedia device via a multimedia interface within said integrated femtocell and set-top-box device. The received data may comprise multimedia content. The integrated femtocell and set-top-box device may be operable to encode, decode, transcode, encrypt, decrypt, scramble, descramble, and present the received multimedia content.

Claims

1. A device with integrated set-top-box and femtocell functionality, the device comprising:

a first transceiver configured to;

receive user profile information, and

receive first data formatted according to a first communication standard;

a processor configured to;

generate, based on the user profile information, second data from the first data, wherein the second data is formatted according to a second communication standard; and

a second transceiver configured to;

transmit the second data via a multimedia interface.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first transceiver is further configured to:

transmit the second data via a cellular communication channel.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

configure the device based on the user profile information.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the second data is first multimedia content if the device has been configured based on a first user profile, wherein the second data is second multimedia content if the device has been configured based on a second user profile, and wherein the first multimedia content is different from the second multimedia content.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the first transceiver is configured to perform a femtocell function for the device, and wherein the first transceiver is:

a broadband transceiver;

or

a cellular transceiver.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the first transceiver, the second transceiver, and the processor are synchronized to a common clock generated within the device.

7. A device with integrated set-top-box and femtocell functionality, the device comprising:

a first transceiver configured to;

receive user profile information, and

receive first data formatted according to a first communication standard;

a processor configured to;

generate second data from the first data, wherein the second data is formatted according to a second communication standard, and

select a subset of the second data based on the user profile information; and

a second transceiver, synchronized to the clock signal, configured to;

transmit the subset of the second data via a multimedia interface.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the first transceiver is configured to receive the user profile information from a communication device that is within a range of the device.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the communication device is a cellular telephone.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the user profile is verified by a network operator of the device before the first transceiver receives the user profile information.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the user profile is verified by the network operator using a communication channel that is out of band of a channel used to receive the first data or the second data.

12. The device of claim 7, wherein the first transceiver and the second transceiver are synchronized to a common clock generated within the device.

13. The device of claim 12, further comprising:

a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver configured to maintain an accuracy of the clock signal based on a received GNSS signal.

14. The device of claim 7, wherein the second communication standard is a cellular communication standard.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving user profile information and first data according to a first communication standard in an integrated femtocell and set-top-box device;

generating, within the integrated femtocell and set-top-box device, second data from the first data, wherein the second data is formatted according to a second communication standard;

selecting, within the integrated femtocell and set-top-box device, a subset of the second data based on the user profile information; and

transmitting, from the integrated femtocell and set-top-box device, the second data via a multimedia interface.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the user profile information is received from a communication device that is within a range of the integrated femtocell and set-top-box device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the second data is transmitted to the communication device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the user profile is verified by a network operator of the integrated femtocell and set-top-box device before the user profile information is received.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the second communication standard is a cellular communication standard.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

configuring the integrated femtocell and set-top-box device based on the user profile information.