Method and system for selecting and receiving digitally transmitted signals at a plurality of television receivers
First Claim
1. For use with a network provider broadcasting multiple streams of compressed, digitally encoded signals, a method for transmitting the digitally encoded signals to a plurality of user programmable devices disposed in a single environment and coupled to a common set-top transceiver, the user programmable devices transmit and receive signals at a predetermined range of frequencies, the method comprising:
- transmitting a user programming from each of the plurality of user programmable devices to the network provider via the common set-top transceiver at one of a plurality of frequencies within the predetermined range of frequencies, each of the user programmable device selecting the same or different one of the plurality of compressed, digitally encoded signals as each of the other user programmable devices;
receiving each of the selected ones of the plurality of digitally encoded signals from the network provider at the common set-top transceiver; and
transmitting each of the selected ones of the plurality of digitally encoded signals to each of the plurality of user programmable devices based on the user programming transmitted by each of the user programmable devices.
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Abstract
A method and system for broadcasting at least one of a plurality of digitally encoded signals transmitted by a network provider to a plurality of user programmable devices disposed in a single environment. A remote interface unit is coupled to each of the user programmable devices for receiving a user programming from one of the plurality of user programmable devices. The user programming selects one of the plurality of compressed, digitally encoded signals. A common set-top transceiver is operatively connected to each of the remote interface units and the network provider including a first receiver for receiving the user programming from each of the remote interface units and a transmitter for transmitting the user programming to the network provider. The common set-top transceiver also includes a second receiver for receiving the selected one of the plurality of digitally encoded signals from the network provider and at least one video processing module for broadcasting the selected one of the plurality of digitally encoded signals to the plurality of user programmable devices based on the user programming.
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1. For use with a network provider broadcasting multiple streams of compressed, digitally encoded signals, a method for transmitting the digitally encoded signals to a plurality of user programmable devices disposed in a single environment and coupled to a common set-top transceiver, the user programmable devices transmit and receive signals at a predetermined range of frequencies, the method comprising:
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transmitting a user programming from each of the plurality of user programmable devices to the network provider via the common set-top transceiver at one of a plurality of frequencies within the predetermined range of frequencies, each of the user programmable device selecting the same or different one of the plurality of compressed, digitally encoded signals as each of the other user programmable devices; receiving each of the selected ones of the plurality of digitally encoded signals from the network provider at the common set-top transceiver; and transmitting each of the selected ones of the plurality of digitally encoded signals to each of the plurality of user programmable devices based on the user programming transmitted by each of the user programmable devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. For use with a network provider broadcasting multiple streams of compressed, digitally encoded signals, a system for transmitting the digitally encoded signals to a plurality of user programmable devices disposed in a single environment, the system comprising:
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remote interface unit coupled to each of the user programmable devices for transmitting a user programming from each of the plurality of user programmable devices, each of the user programmable device the same or different one of the plurality of compressed, digitally encoded signals as each of the other user programmable devices; and a common set-top transceiver operatively connected to the network provider and to each of the remote interface units, the common set-top transceiver including; a first receiver for receiving the user programming from each of the remote interface units; a transmitter for transmitting each of the user programming to the network provider; a second receiver for receiving each of the selected ones of the plurality of digitally encoded signals from the network provider; and a plurality of video processing modules, each being assigned a corresponding virtual address, for transmitting each of the selected ones of the plurality of digitally encoded signals to each of the plurality of user programmable devices based on the user programming transmitted by each of the user programmable devices and the virtual address of the associated video processing module. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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