AU4241500A - Method and system for locating a control channel and data transport stream within the signal received by a set-top box from a cable television system - Google Patents

Method and system for locating a control channel and data transport stream within the signal received by a set-top box from a cable television system

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Publication number
AU4241500A
AU4241500A AU42415/00A AU4241500A AU4241500A AU 4241500 A AU4241500 A AU 4241500A AU 42415/00 A AU42415/00 A AU 42415/00A AU 4241500 A AU4241500 A AU 4241500A AU 4241500 A AU4241500 A AU 4241500A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
locating
control channel
signal received
top box
transport stream
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Abandoned
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AU42415/00A
Inventor
Ardie Bahraini
Jack M. Birnbaum
Christopher S. Del Sordo
Ira S. Lehrman
Douglas S Makofka
Robert P. Mullins
Christopher Poli
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Arris Technology Inc
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Arris Technology Inc
General Instrument Corp
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Publication of AU4241500A publication Critical patent/AU4241500A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/434—Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
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    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
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    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/426—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof
    • H04N21/42684—Client identification by a unique number or address, e.g. serial number, MAC address, socket ID
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    • H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
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    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/438—Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving encoded video stream packets from an IP network
    • H04N21/4383—Accessing a communication channel
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/4508—Management of client data or end-user data
    • H04N21/4516—Management of client data or end-user data involving client characteristics, e.g. Set-Top-Box type, software version or amount of memory available
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    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/454—Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
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    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
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    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/165—Centralised control of user terminal ; Registering at central

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
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  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
AU42415/00A 1999-04-21 2000-04-14 Method and system for locating a control channel and data transport stream within the signal received by a set-top box from a cable television system Abandoned AU4241500A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US13032899P 1999-04-21 1999-04-21
US60130328 1999-04-21
US54444700A 2000-04-07 2000-04-07
US09544447 2000-04-07
PCT/US2000/010016 WO2000064179A1 (en) 1999-04-21 2000-04-14 Method and system for locating a control channel and data transport stream within the signal received by a set-top box from a cable television system

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AU4241500A true AU4241500A (en) 2000-11-02

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EP (1) EP1181824A1 (en)
CN (1) CN1355997A (en)
AU (1) AU4241500A (en)
CA (1) CA2371144A1 (en)
TW (1) TW503662B (en)
WO (1) WO2000064179A1 (en)

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TW503662B (en) 2002-09-21
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CN1355997A (en) 2002-06-26
CA2371144A1 (en) 2000-10-26

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