Network radio receiver
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a network receiver for receiving an over-the-air in-band on-channel broadcast signal on a channel selected by a first network player device and extracting encoded broadcast content from the broadcast signal, wherein the network receiver includes;
a front end for converting the broadcast signal to a baseband signal;
a processor for processing the baseband signal according to a portion of a protocol stack to produce an intermediate signal representing encoded broadcast content; and
a network receiver interface for formatting the intermediate signal according to a network access protocol to produce formatted and encoded broadcast content; and
means for delivering the formatted and encoded broadcast content to the first network player device and one or more additional network player devices, wherein the network player devices complete processing of the intermediate signal according to the protocol stack to recover the broadcast content.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a network receiver for receiving an over-the-air in-band on-channel broadcast signal and extracting broadcast content from the broadcast signal, and an output for delivering the content by way of a first receiver output signal to a plurality of network player devices. A method performed by the apparatus is also included.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a network receiver for receiving an over-the-air in-band on-channel broadcast signal on a channel selected by a first network player device and extracting encoded broadcast content from the broadcast signal, wherein the network receiver includes; a front end for converting the broadcast signal to a baseband signal; a processor for processing the baseband signal according to a portion of a protocol stack to produce an intermediate signal representing encoded broadcast content; and a network receiver interface for formatting the intermediate signal according to a network access protocol to produce formatted and encoded broadcast content; and means for delivering the formatted and encoded broadcast content to the first network player device and one or more additional network player devices, wherein the network player devices complete processing of the intermediate signal according to the protocol stack to recover the broadcast content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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using a network receiver to receive an over-the-air in-band on-channel broadcast signal on a channel selected by a first network player device and extracting encoded broadcast content from the broadcast signal; converting the broadcast signal to a baseband signal; processing the baseband signal according to a portion of a protocol stack to produce an intermediate signal representing encoded broadcast content; formatting the intermediate signal according to a network access protocol to produce a formatted and encoded broadcast content; delivering the formatted and encoded broadcast content to the first network player device and one or more additional network player devices; and using the network player devices to complete processing of the intermediate signal in accordance with the protocol stack to recover the content. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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