EP1038399A1 - Modularkontroller und modulationssystem für interaktives kabelfernsehen - Google Patents
Modularkontroller und modulationssystem für interaktives kabelfernsehenInfo
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Definitions
- This invention relates to cable television systems, particularly those providing private channels on demand to users for interactive-type services.
- the cable service distribution network divides the subscriber pool into various service areas, each served by a different trunk.
- a first group of channels broadcast to all service areas may provide conventional channels on channels 1 to 15 for example.
- a second group of channels, 16 to 40 may be reserved for private information services. While the information on channels 1 to 15 is the same in each service area, the information on channels 16 to 40 is different in each service area. Of these channels, those that are in use are individually assigned to a requesting subscriber.
- a subscriber in one service area may be interacting on channel 16 at the same time a different subscriber in a different service area was also assigned to channel 16.
- the headend is equipped with the necessary processing, switching or splitting and combining systems for setting up these private channels on demand.
- U.S. Patent No. 5,550,578 proposes that the headend include a multitude of interactive controllers (or processors) and a multitude of scrambler-modulator cards.
- the controllers are mounted in rows of cards supported in the rearward portion of a chassis.
- the scrambler-modulator cards are plugged into the forward portion of the chassis.
- the present invention is directed to an interactive control module for use with an interactive cable television system.
- the interactive cable television system includes: (i) an information service network, for delivering information services to subscriber televisions, (ii) a plurality of home interface controllers, each home interface controller associated with a subscriber television and in data communication with the headend, and (iii) a plurality of subscriber selection devices, each such device associated with a home interface controller for permitting subscriber interaction.
- the interactive control module is mounted on a frame. On the frame is the headend equipment available for assignment to a subscriber television. An interactive controller, mounted on the frame, communicates with an assigned home interface controller and provides interactive service to the associated subscriber television.
- a scrambled video provider unit mounted on the frame, is in signal communication with the interactive controller.
- the scrambled video provider receives an information signal, typically in a computer monitor format such as VGA, from the interactive controller.
- the scrambled video provider converts the information signal to a television signal and scrambles the television signal.
- a modulator also mounted on the frame, receives the scrambled television signal from the scrambled video provider. The modulator places the scrambled television signal on an assigned channel frequency and provides the scrambled television signal for delivery over the network to the subscriber television.
- the interactive control module has a LAN interface with a data input providing the interactive control module with access to a multitude of information sources.
- a return control signal input receives data from the assigned home interface controller.
- the return control signal input is connected to the cable television line.
- the return control signal input is connected to a telephone line.
- the scrambled television signal is provided over the cable network through a television signal output from the modulator.
- the equipment to provide service to each subscriber on demand is located in one module.
- This module is easily removable from a rack for repair and scaling.
- Another advantage of the interactive control module is the limited number of cable connections that need to be made when adding one to a system to accommodate a higher subscriber usage rate.
- FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an interactive control module of an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the interactive control module of an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the interactive control module of an alternate embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a cable television system incorporating the interactive control module of FIGS. 1 or 2. Detailed Description of the Embodiments
- an embodiment of an interactive control module 10 is shown. It is contemplated that many of these interactive control modules 10 would be housed in one or more racks at a cable headend to make interactive service available over a cable television system on a demand basis. All of the electronics are mounted to a physical frame that can be easily inserted or removed from a rack.
- the physical frame includes a housing that encases the interactive control module 10.
- a front panel 14 of the housing includes a handle 16 to facilitate pulling the module out from a rack.
- the front panel may further include manual controls such as a power switch 18 for affecting the operation of the electronics.
- the front panel 14 may further include vent holes 19 for help with cooling the electronics.
- the interactive control module 10 has five external signal connections.
- One connection 21 provides the power to the electronics of the module.
- a second connector 45 provides a television signal RF output for combining with other television signals and transmitting to the service area of the assigned subscriber television.
- a third connector 35 provides access over a local area network to information sources and interactive services or programs.
- a LAN interface 37 is included in the interactive control module to handle communications from the local area network.
- a presently preferred interface is a 10 base T (Ethernet) adapter card.
- An interactive controller 30 receives control information signals through a return signal input 25. This delivers the control signals from the assigned home interface controller. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, these return signals are delivered over the cable of the cable distribution network and ultimately through a coax cable to the return signal input 25.
- the interactive controller of this embodiment contains a broadband data receiver 32 in order to receive the signals from the assigned home interface controller.
- the module may be provided with a serial port such as an RS-485 serial communication port 48.
- the interactive controller 30 is located on a PC motherboard or plug-in module.
- the controller may be a computer processor, microprocessor, CPU or the like, such as a Pentium® processor made by Intel.
- a PC motherboard may include a slot for receiving the LAN interface card.
- a serial port on the motherboard receives the control signals from the assigned home interface controller.
- the motherboard delivers a VGA video output and an audio output.
- the outputs from the interactive controller 30 are passed to what is called herein a scrambled video provider unit 20.
- a "scrambled video provider” produces a scrambled television signal.
- the scrambled television signal is provided to a television modulator 40 for placement on a channel frequency assigned for use by the assigned home interface controller.
- the modulator 40 may include an IF signal that is modulated by the scrambled television signal and an upconverter for raising the carrier to the assigned channel frequency.
- the scrambled video provider unit separately receives the audio in a broadcast audio processor circuit 27 and receives the VGA video at a VGA to NTSC video converter 23. Other converters may be substituted to accommodate different standards such as a VGA to PAL converter for Europe.
- the processed audio and television signal are provided to a scrambler 22.
- the scrambler 22 may be a complete conventional scrambler providing in addition to a scrambled television signal output, a signal authorization for data transmission to the subscriber's set top to allow descrambling.
- the video scrambler 22 is a simplified scrambling unit that performs sync suppression to scramble the signal and is provided with a conditional access code (tag) for insertion into the scrambled signal.
- a separate scrambler including an encrypter, an encoder and an interface to an access controller is provided at the headend for each channel frequency. The access controller sends the signal authorization to each home interface controller assigned to the channel frequency in any of the service areas.
- the signal authorization will typically include a key for decrypting the conditional access code.
- the encrypter encrypts the conditional access code.
- the encoder places the conditional access code into a scrambled reference video signal.
- An extractor in the separate scrambler for the given channel frequency removes the conditional access code from the reference and sends it to the serial port 48 of each interactive control module active at the given channel frequency.
- the interactive control module provides a path for the conditional access code into the video scrambler 22 where it is inserted into the scrambled signal.
- the conditional access code may be inserted into the vertical blanking interval (VBI) or the audio subcarrier depending upon the desired system design.
- VBI vertical blanking interval
- the interactive control module 10 may be further provided with an addressable motherboard reset actuator circuit 34. This permits system management 113 to deliver a signal through serial communication path to the PC motherboard to cause the computer to execute a reset function.
- Power conditioning and control circuits 36 provide regulated power to the other circuits in the module.
- the module can be efficiently manufactured using a printed circuit board on which the scrambled video provider 20, the reset actuator circuit 34 and the power conditioning circuit 36 are all mounted.
- the interactive control module 10 advantageously provides in a single package all the headend hardware that is assignable on a demand basis to a requesting subscriber.
- the module includes the interactive controller 30, the scrambled video provider 20 and the modulator 40. As such, a cable headend can be easily scaled up or down to handle more or less interactive traffic.
- FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the subscriber control module 10.
- the return signal information from the subscriber television is received at the return signal input 26 via a telephone line.
- the interactive controller 30 contains a modem 33 in order to receive the return signal information. In other respects, the interactive controller 30 is essentially the same as that illustrated in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 shows a cable television system incorporating the interactive control modules 10 of FIGS. 1 to 3.
- the cable television system reuses a band of interactive channels for each of a plurality of service areas (A, B, C).
- the system is shown divided into a back end 11 and a front end 12.
- network interface 216 is in communication with an Internet service provider.
- Back end switches 112 make the Internet available to the interactive control modules 67a, 67b, 67c.
- the Web and Application server processes 213 make web-browsing or other interactive processes like games, catalogs or other interactive information services available through the back end switches to the interactive controller.
- System management 113 supervises the switching and sets up connections between a requesting subscriber and an interactive controller 67.
- System management 113 assigns interactive controller modules to requesting subscribers on a demand basis. Interactive channels whether they be entire analog channel frequency bands or time shared or packet addressed portions of a signal on a frequency band are also individually assigned to requesting subscribers. System management 113 can either make the assignment or make a list of available channels known to the home interface controllers so that they can select one from among those that are available when interactive service is requested through the associated subscriber selection device. Distribution data switches 121 connect the information sources including the Internet to the interactive control modules. Return path communications from a home interface controller to the headend may be directed through a telephone line or a cable return path depending upon the design of the particular cable system. The figure shows that alternative return paths include either telephone return path processing 212 or cable return path processing 211.
- Return path switches 114 are controlled by system management 113 to connect the return signals with the assigned interactive controller.
- Home interface controllers may be housed in the set top or in a separate box.
- the home interface controller receives control signals from a subscriber selection device such as a TV remote, a keyboard, a joystick, etc. Such signals are sent upstream to interact with the assigned interactive controller.
- System management 113 confirms an assigned channel with the home interface controller so that the associated set top can be tuned to the appropriate frequency band.
- a switcher combiner 73 takes the scrambled and modulated television signals from the interactive control modules and combines those directed to the same service area. The combined interactive signals are combined with signals that go to all service areas in a recombining network 78.
- Such signals include conventional broadcast channels 72 and signal authorization information from the out of band transmitter used by the access controllers.
- the signal authorization information is individually addressed to its assigned subscriber for reading by the assigned set top.
- the set top when tuned to a scrambled channel, will always be watching the out-of-band frequency on which the access controller is sending out the signal authorization information.
- the combined signals for each service area are transmitted over the service area's respective trunk.
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