Presentation modes for various format bit streams

• US 8,978,084 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2013
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Basse, Hanno, Norin, John L., Kahn, Raynold M.
• Primary Examiner(s): IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O
• Application Number:
  US13/768,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20130198404A1
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• Field of Search: 725/110, 725/131, 725/139, 725/109, 725/118
• US Class Current: 725/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• 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 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6143 involving transmission via a satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/106 for domestic distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/20 Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite

Abstract

A system, method, and apparatus for processing media content for display on a monitor. A home media center (HMC), that includes a server receiver, acts as a central location for recording, distribution, and scheduling of tasks and system resources. The HMC receives a client request from a first client receiver and a legacy request or informs the receiver that the request cannot be fulfilled. Different coding technologies are used to provide video, audio, and data services to the client receiver and the legacy receiver.

Claims

1. A system for processing media content for display on a monitor, comprising:

a home media center comprised of a server receiver, wherein the home media center;

acts as a central location for recording, distribution, and scheduling of tasks and system resources;

receives a client request from a first client receiver;

receives a legacy request from a first legacy receiver;

tunes, using a first set of tuning parameters, to a first satellite data stream that is encoded in a first coding technology;

tunes, using a second set of tuning parameters, to a second satellite data stream that is encoded in a second coding technology;

processes the client request and either fulfills the client request or informs the first client receiver that the client request cannot be fulfilled, wherein the home media center utilizes the first coding technology to provide video, audio, and data services in the first satellite data stream to the first client receiver; and

processes the legacy request, wherein the home media center utilizes the second coding technology, that is different from the first coding technology, to provide video, audio, and data services in the second satellite data stream to the first legacy receiver;

the first client receiver, coupled to the home media center, wherein the first client receiver;

transmits a client request to the home media center;

receives audio, video and data from the home media center; and

displays the received audio, video and data on a first display device; and

the first legacy receiver, communicatively coupled to the home media center, wherein the first legacy receiver;

transmits a legacy request to the home media center;

receives audio, video and data from the home media center; and

displays the received audio, video and data on a second display device.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more second client receivers, wherein the home media center allocates resources to the first client receiver and the one or more second client receivers based on requests received from the first client receiver and the one or more second client receivers.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the client request comprises a request for recording a media program.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the client request comprises a request for viewing a specific channel.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server receiver further comprises a digital video recorder that is configured to record a media program.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first coding technology comprises an advanced modulation scheme; and

the second coding technology comprises a proprietary format utilized by the legacy receiver based on a legacy stream type.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein:

the proprietary legacy stream type comprises a Quarternary Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) stream; and

the advanced modulation scheme includes low density parity check (LDPC) coding as part of an A3 stream type.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the home media center resolves any conflicts between multiple client requests from the first client receiver and a second client receiver.

9. A method for processing media content for display on a monitor, comprising:

receiving, in a home media center, a client request from a client receiver, wherein the home media center comprises a server receiver and acts as a central location for recording, distribution, and scheduling of tasks and system resources;

receiving, in the home media center, a legacy request from a first legacy receiver;

tuning, using a first set of tuning parameters, to a first satellite data stream that is encoded in a first coding technology;

tuning, using a second set of tuning parameters, to a second satellite data stream that is encoded in a second coding technology;

processing, in the home media center, the client request and either fulfilling the client request or informing the first client receiver that the client request cannot be fulfilled, wherein the home media center utilizes the first coding technology to provide video, audio, and data services in the first satellite data stream to the first client receiver;

processing, in the home media center, the legacy request, wherein the home media center utilizes the second coding technology, that is different from the first coding technology, to provide video, audio, and data services in the second satellite data stream to the first legacy receiver.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

allocating resources, via the home media center, to the first client receiver and to one or more second client receivers based on requests received from the first client receiver and the one or more second client receivers.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the client request comprises a request for recording a media program.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the client request comprises a request for viewing a specific channel.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the server receiver further comprises a digital video recorder that is configured to record a media program.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the first coding technology comprises an advanced modulation scheme; and

the second coding technology comprises a proprietary format utilized by the legacy receiver based on a legacy stream type.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the proprietary legacy stream type comprises a Quarternary Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) stream; and

the advanced modulation scheme includes low density parity check (LDPC) coding as part of an A3 stream type.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

resolving, in the home media center, any conflicts between multiple client requests from the first client receiver and a second client receiver.