Receiver card technology for a broadcast subscription video service
First Claim
1. A method for processing broadcast subscription video programming, comprising:
- receiving from a terrestrial over-the-air wireless broadcast, broadcast programming into a micro analog tuner of a plug-in card of a portable device;
separating, within the plug-in card, a vertical blanking interval from the broadcast programming and extracting encoded proprietary programming carried in the vertical blanking interval wherein the extracted encoded proprietary programming comprises subscription cable-type motion television video programming;
controlling, within the plug-in card, user access to the encoded proprietary programming using conditional access technology;
decompressing, within the plug-in card, video and audio data from the encoded proprietary programming using decompression technology;
encoding, within the plug-in card, the video and audio data to provide the video and audio data in a desired protocol;
controlling, within the plug-in card, video programming properties; and
storing video programming information in memory on the plug-in card.
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Abstract
An integrated plug-in card is configured to process subscription video programming. The card consists of multiple integrated technologies. A micro analog tuner/demodulator receives the subscription video programming and provides output to a vertical blanking interval (VBI) device. The vertical blanking interface device separates an unused portion of the subscription video programming to extract an encoded proprietary programming. Conditional access/decryption technology controls user access to the encoded proprietary programming. Video and audio decompression technology decompresses video and audio data from the encoded proprietary programming. An encoder provides the video and audio data in a desired protocol. A control interface controls video programming properties and a memory is utilized for storing video programming information.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for processing broadcast subscription video programming, comprising:
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receiving from a terrestrial over-the-air wireless broadcast, broadcast programming into a micro analog tuner of a plug-in card of a portable device; separating, within the plug-in card, a vertical blanking interval from the broadcast programming and extracting encoded proprietary programming carried in the vertical blanking interval wherein the extracted encoded proprietary programming comprises subscription cable-type motion television video programming; controlling, within the plug-in card, user access to the encoded proprietary programming using conditional access technology; decompressing, within the plug-in card, video and audio data from the encoded proprietary programming using decompression technology; encoding, within the plug-in card, the video and audio data to provide the video and audio data in a desired protocol; controlling, within the plug-in card, video programming properties; and storing video programming information in memory on the plug-in card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An integrated plug-in card for processing broadcast subscription video programming comprising:
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a micro analog tuner of a portable device for receiving the broadcast programming via terrestrial over-the-air wireless broadcast and providing output to a vertical blanking interval (VBI) device; the vertical blanking interface device configured to separate a vertical blanking interval carried in the broadcast subscription video programming and extracting an encoded proprietary programming from the vertical blanking interval wherein the extracted encoded proprietary programming comprises subscription cable-type television motion video programming; conditional access technology configured to control user access to the encoded proprietary programming; video and audio decompression technology configured to decompress video and audio data from the encoded proprietary programming; an encoder configured to provide the video and audio data in a desired protocol; a control interface configured to control video programming properties; memory for storing video programming information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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