GB2515877A - System and method for data provision - Google Patents
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Abstract
A data receiving and transmission system for a premises comprises: a receiving location apparatus including at least one Low Noise Block (LNB), receiving satellite data; at least one processing apparatus provided at the premises to receive and process data from the receiving location apparatus to generate a user requested service from a plurality of available services; and wireless transmission means including a receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with both the processing apparatus and the apparatus at the receiving location. Thus, a data receiving and transmission system for a premises (e.g. local area, household-based or similar) is provided wherein there is wireless transmission between a satellite (e.g. LNB-based) receiver apparatus 2 and a client 6, 6 (e.g. set-top box (STB), computer, laptop, tablet, mobile device, etc) apparatus, allowing user (client-based) selection of and tuning to requested (satellite broadcast) data / content. Alternatively, both satellite and fibre optic and/or telecommunication transmission systems provide data to the receiver, and a processing device may have a cable or wireless connection. Data can be provided to processing apparatus 6 operated internally and/or externally of the premises, with externally accessed services being limited / dependent on user status. DiSEqC wireless signaling may be used, over 802.11n at 5.2GHz.
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System and Method for data provision The invention to which this application relates is apparatus and a method to allow the ditribution of data between at least one data processing apparatus and apparatus which is provided to allow the data which is transniitted from a remote location, such as by sateffite or cable transmission systems, to be received and distributed to the one or more processing apparatus.
In the provision of television, internet and/or telephony services it is increasingly the case that at least some of the data for those services is transmitted from one or more remote locations into and across a geographical region. The data which is transmitted can then be received at a number of premises, each of which has a receiving location, In the case of satellite broadcast data, each of the receiving locations is typically provided with apparatus in the form of an antenna or dish which is positioned so as to receive the transmitted RF signals. The received signals are then passed to at least one Low Noise Block and waveguide apparatus also provided at the receiving location at each premises. The data can then be transferred to the location in the premises at which processing apparatus is provided, such as * in one or more rooms of premises. When received, the data can be * ** processed by the processing apparatus, such as a broadcast data receiver or :0 * "set top box" into a form which typically allows one or more of the services to be generated by the apparatus, such as a television channel, radio channel re: or the like, in response to a user command.
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Typically the data is transferred between the apparatus at the receiving location arid the processing apparatus via a coaxial cable connection and/or using fibre optic cables. In either form, typically all of the received data is transferred to the processing apparatus. The processing apparatus will receive a user command for a particular service and/or part of the service to be generated, such as for example, a particular channel on the television service. The processing apparatus wifi identify which of the streams of data the data required to generate that channel at that time is located, will locate the said data which is required and then process that required data to allow the channel to be generated, typically via speakers and/or a display screen connected thereto. Thus, it will be appreciated that at any one time the processing apparatus will only process that data, from the overall data which it receives, which is required at that time to provide the user selected service.
Typically the data which is received by the processing apparatus will have been received at the receiving location on a plurality of different transponders and the data is therefore provided in groups or streams which are in effect joined together and sent, in combination, to the processing apparatus so that all of the data for all of the services is available at the processing apparatus. While this is the most beneficial manner in which to provide the data if the same can be carried along cable connections, it does represent a significant volume of data and this is further exacerbated if the use of cable connections is not possible, or is not desired, as other transmission systems cannot be used due to the volume of data. It is also a problem if there is a desire to expand the systeth to provide data to other apparatus and which, conventionally, would require the installation of additional cabling to the network.
* * * j Another problem which is found by the providers of satellite transmission * ** and data processing apparatus to subscribers at premises is that the :.: apparatus cannot be used at present to provide an internet service directly to subscribers to the premises or to others of their subscribers who may be in the vicinity of the premises. Thus the provision of internet "hotspot" * services in. the same manner in which providers which use telecommunication or fibre optic services to provide data to a number of premises cannot be achieved. In the fibre optic and telecommunication systems the routers located internally of a premises which emit a WiFi signal can be accessed by authorised subscribers externally of the premises without the owner of the premises permission and so the service provider can build an external hotspot network.
The aim of the present invention is therefore to provide a means whereby data can be transferred between a receiving location of a premises and processing apparatus in a manner which allows other forms of data transfer to be uduised, such as wireless data transmission systems, to at least indicate the user selection of a service and to do so in a way which allows the efficient transfer of the data to be achieved. A further aim is to allow the reduction of the volume of data which is required to be transferred at any given time but at the same time ensuring that the provision of the user requested service is available without undue delay foflo'wing the user request being made. A yet further aim is to allow the expansion of existing systems with a reduced requirement for installation of cabling networks. A yet further aim is to allow the transmission apparatus to be used to provide at least a limited service for authorised subscribers in the vicinity of the premises but who need not necessarily be owners of the premises.
In a* first aspect of the invention there is provided a darn receiving and transmission system for a premises, said system comprising a receiving location at the premises at which apparatus including at least one Low Noise Block is provided to' receive data transmitted from one or more remote locations by sateffite, at least one processing apparatus provided at the premises to receive and process data from the receiving location apparatus * * in order to generate a user requested service from a plurality of available * services and wireless transmission means including a receiver, transmitter or :.: * transceiver associated with the processing apparatus and a receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at the receiving location to allow the transfer of selected data for the* user requested service from the apparatus at said receiving location to the processing apparatus and * wherein said receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the processing apparatus receives a user request for a particular service being received by the processing apparatus, and sends a wireless signal to the receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at the receiving location which is indicative of the particular group or stream of darn required to generate the service and the apparatus includes means to tune to and select the required group or stream of data and transmits the said group or stream of data to the said processing apparatus to allow the * user selected service to be generated.
Tn one embodiment the required group or stream of data is transmitted to the processing apparatus using the wireless apparatus or cable connection in order to allow the processing apparatus to process the data and provide the required service to the user. Typically this.vill continue until the user next makes a request to change a service in which case the process is repeated in aider to obtain the data for the new user service selection.
Tn one embodiment, , the group or stream of data is represented by the particular transponder from a range of transponders on which the data has been received. Thus, in one case, when the data for a particular user selection has been identified, the transponder on which that data is carried is identified and, the signal which is sent to the receiver, transmitter or transceiver at the apparatus at the receiving location is indicative of the particuhr required transponder to which one of typically a number of tuners, is to be tuned to.
In one embodiment the processing apparatus generates the signal to the *..: wireless receiver, transmitter or transceiver thereat using DiSEqC. Tn one embodiment the wireless transmission is over 802.lln 5.2GHz in order to * . minimise interference issues and provide a reliable wireless transmission.
In one embodiment a plurality of processing apparatus is provided in connection with the receiving location apparatus and at least one of the *...
processing apparatus is provided with a wireless receiver, transmitter or transceiver to allow a signal representative of the data group or stream required to be received by that processing apparatus at that time to be transmitted.
Tn one embodiment the apparatus includes first processing apparatus which is connected to the receiving location apparatus via cable connection, and further processing apparatus which is in wireless communication with the transmitter to allow signals to be sent thereto indicative of a user selected service.
Typically the said further processing apparatus receives the data signals required for the user selected service wirelessly from the receiving location -apparatus via the receiver, transmitter or transceiver thereat.
In one embodiment the said receiver, transmitter or transceiver is located at the receiving location apparatus. -In another embodiment the said receiver, transmitter or transceiver is located at a location on a cable connection between the receiving location apparatus and the first processing apparatus. In this embodiment the data is transmitted wirelessly between -the receiver, transmitter or transceiver and the receiver, transmitter or transceiver at the further processing apparatus and, in one embodiment along the cable connection between the receiver, -transmitter or transceiver and receiving location apparatus and/or first processing apparatus. -This embodiment can be provided in a m2nner to be retrofitted so as to e..
: allow an ensting cable system to be expanded to incorporate further * . e processing apparatus without requiring the installation of additional cabling.
* Typically an additional receiver, transmitter or transceiver is provided for, and in communication with, each further processing apparatus which is added.
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In -one aspect of the invention there is provided a broadcast data distribution system for use at a premises, said system including apparatus at a receiving location at the premises for receiving data transmitted by satellite -transmission and for receiving data via a fibre optic and/or telecommunicafloj transmission system, one or more data processing apparatus usable with in the premises and connected via cable or wireless comnunication means to the apparatus at the receiving location and wherein at least one further data processing apparatus is provided which is in wireless communication with the apparatus at the receiving location in order to alldw data to be transferred to and/ox from the further data processing apparatus.
In one embodiment the said at least one further processing apparatus is provided in wireless communication with a receiver, transmitter or transceiver which is provided at the apparatus at the receiving location.
In one embodiment the receiver, transmitter or transceiver is provided in data connection with the cable connection between the apparatus at the receiving location and the first data processing apparatus.
In a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of selecting and retrieving data which is to be processed to provide a user selected service from a range of available service options at a premises, said method comprising the steps of receiving via apparatus provided at a receivink location at the premises, data transmitted from one or more remote locations via satellite transmission, providing at least one processing apparatus within the premises to receive and process the said received data in order to generate a user requested service or part of a service from the * data within the premises, prpviding a wireless data transmission system * including a wireless signal receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with :.: the processing apparatus and a receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at the receiving location to allow the transfer of data * between said apparatus at the receiving location apparatus and the ****** processing apparatus and, upon a user making a request for a particular * *.
service to be generated by the processing apparatus, identifying the data which is required for that service, sendiig a signal from the processing apparatus to the wireless receiver, transmitter or transceiver which is indicative of. the particular data group or stream of data in which the data rectuired to generate the service is located and sending a signal from the receiver, transmitter or transceiver at the processing apparatus to the receiver,, transmitter or transceiver at the apparatus at the receiving location to tune to the source of the required group or stream of data and cause the selected data to be transmitted to the said processing apparatus.
Typically the said group or stream of data is that which is provided from a particular transponder of a range of transponders from which data is received at the receiving location. Typically the said group or stream of data is transmitted wirelessly to the said processing apparatus.
Tn one embodiment further processing apparatus is connected to the receiving location apparatus via a transmitter which is connected to a cable connection between the receiving location apparatus and first processing apparatus.
In one embodiment the said further processing apparatus is located within the premises at which the receiving location and first processing apparatus is provided.
In one embodiment said further processing apparatus is located and usable externally of the said premises at which the receiving location and first processing apparatus is provided.
*:***i In one embodiment those services which can be accessed by further data processing apparatus internally of the premises is the same as that which can be accessed via the first processing apparatus in dependence upon the status of the subscriber with respect to the service provider at that premises and *....: services which can be accessed via further processing apparatus operated externally of the premises are dependent upon the status of the user of the * ** processing apparatus externally of the premises.
A specific ethbodiment of the invention is now described with reference to the accompanying drawings; wherS Figure la illustrates a schematic diagram of the components of the invention according to one embodiment Figure lb illustrates a schematic diagram of the components of the invention according to a second embodiment Figures ic illustrates a further embodiment of operation of the invention described in Figures 1 a and b; and Figure 2 illustrates the components of the wireless apparatus according to the embodiment of Figure Li the invention.
Referring firstly to Figure la there is illustrated, in a schematic manner, an example of apparatus for use at a premises 2 to receive and process data to allow, for example, television and radio and/or internet services to be generated via the display screen and speakers 4 which are connected to processing apparatus 6 ( such as a set top box or broadcast data receiver, laptop, PC or tablet or mobile device). A remote control means (not shown) is can be provided to allow user interaction with the processing apparatus 6 in order to allow the user to make a selection of a particular service such as a particular television channel, that they wish to view and/or listen to at any given time. *
The data from which the services can be generated by the processing apparatus 6 is initially received at a receiving location 8 at thc premises :.: . which is typically fitted externally of the premises wall 10 and the apparatus typically includes an antenna, or dish, 12 which is positioned so as to capture data signals which are transmitted from one or more satellites in a conventional manner. One or more Low Noise Blocks (LNB) 14 are located on an arm 18 which allow ihe data to be provided for onward transfer to the processing apparatus. Typically, the data is received from a number of different transponders, with the data from each transponder effectively a group or stream of data. The data from the different transponders is then grouped and, conventionally, all da woWd be transfenedto he available at the processing apparatus 6.
In accordance with the invention, wireless, transmission apparatus is provided with a wireless transceiver (or transmitter and receiver hereinafter referred to as a transceiver) 20 provided in connection with the apparatus at the receiving location and a transceiver or transmitter and receiver (hereinafter referred to as a transceiver) 22 is provided in connection with the processing apparatus 6.
This wireless apparatus is shown in more detail in Figure 2. Thus, in operation, when a user of the processing apparatus 6 within the premises makes a selection to obtain a particular service such as to watch a particular channel, the processing apparatus 6 will identit in a conventional manner the portion, such as the group or stream of data, which is required to be processed in order to generate the selected service. The pthcessing apparatus will also identify the particular transponder from which the required data is provided. Thus the particular stream or group of data in which the required portion of data is located is identified. A signal is then sent from the processing apparatus 6 to the wireless transceiver 22, typically using DiSEqC, to indicate the transponder identity from which the required portion of data can be obtained. The transceiver 22 then sends a wireless transmission to the transceiver 20 at the receiving location as indicated by * arrow 24, which identifies the transponder. The transceiver then instructs the LNB apparatus to only tune to the transponder from which the required data can be obtained. Once this is done the data for the required E.: > transponder is transmitted from the transceiver 20 to the transceiver 22, and hence the processing apparatus 6, as indicated by arrow 26 and the required service can be generated from the data which is received. * 4 1.
* The transmission of the data for the selected service continues until the user decides to select a new channel or service, at which time the location of the new required data for the new service is identified and, if it is from a different transponder, the apparatus at the receiving location tunes to the new transponder and data from the same is then sent to the processing apparatus.
Figure lb illustrates another embodiment of the invention in which, in this case there is an existing cable connection 30 between the receiving location 8 and first processing apparatus 6 such as, for example, an existing connection. In accordance with the invention, further processing apparatus 6' can be provided at a further location in the premises, such as another room 2' and rather than having to install additional cabling which can be difficult, time consuming and can cause disruption, the wireless transmission system as previously described with regard to Figures la and 2 can be implemented to provide selected service data to allow the operation of the further processing apparatus 6'. In this case the transceiver apparatus 20 can again be provided at the receiving location as shown or, alternatively, may be retrofitted within the premises at which the additional processing apparatus 6' is installed so that the transceiver can be installed downstream from the receiving location 8 as indicated at location 20' to allow the wireless transmission of data o the further processing apparatus in a similar manner as described above.
In which ever embodiment the provision of the transceiver 20 allows the transmission and reception of wireless data signals over a predetermined range 34 as illustrated by the broken lines in Figure Ic and which, in one embodiment can be of sufficient range to allow the same to extend internally 36 of the premises and also externally 38 of the premises and so * provide, when the transceiver is connected to a telecommunication or fibre optic supply cable 32, a transmission of a wireless internet service provision within the predetermined range. It should also be noteft that in whatever embodiment the transceiver 20 can be provided integrally with the LNB 14. * a
P In this embodiment, and as illustrated in Figure ic, in addition to, or alternatively to the ability for the user selection of a particular service and the provision of the data for that service wirelessly to the processing apparatus 6,6' ,the same or different processing apparatus 6,6' can be used to select and use an internet service via the wireless transceiver 20. In one embodiment the subscriber at the premises can therefore access the internet service and the television and radio service via their processing apparatus 6, 6' within the premises. in addition, as the predetermined wireless range 34 can be provided externally 38 of the premises, the same but typically more limited access can be provided to users of processing apparatus 6", such as a mobile device who subscribe to the service provider and/or provider of the apparatus used at that premises but who are located externally of the premises and have no direct connection with the owner of that particular premises. Typically, this more limited access will be the provision of an internet service but not the radio or television service, Thus, effectively the transceiver 20 can be provided to allow the generation of an internet "hotspot" externally of the premises in the same maimer in which other telecommunication or fibre optic providers can currently achieve via the routers. When this invention is repeated at a number of subscriber premises so it will be appreciated that a network of internet access "hotspots" can be generated. 4*t* In. -
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- Claims L A data redeiving and transmission system for a premises, said system comprising a receiving location at the premises at which apparatus including at least one Low Noise Block is provided to receive data transmitted from one or more remote locations by satellite, at least one processing apparatus provided at the premises to receive and process data from the receiving location apparatus in order to generate a user reuested service from a plurality of available services and wireless transmission means including a receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the processing apparatus and a receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at the receiving location to allow the transfer of selected data for the user requested service from the apparatus at said receiving location to the processing apparatus and wherein said receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the processing apparatus ieceives a user request for a particular service being received by the processing apparatus, and sends a wireless signal to the receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at the receiving location which is indicative of the particular group or stream of data required to generate the service and the apparatus includes means to tune to and select the required group or stream of data and * transmits the said group or stream of data to the said processing apparatus ****** -to allow the user selected service to be generated. * .*:.: -
- 2. A system according to claim 1 wherein the required group or stream of data is transmitted to the processing apparatus using wireless transmission * from the receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at *:. the receiving location to the receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the processing apparatus.
- 3 A system according to claim 1 wherein the group or stream of data is selected from a transponder from a range of transponders on which the data is transmitted to the aparams at the receivinglocation.
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A system according to claim 1 wherein when a user selection is made and the group or stream of data identified, the transponder on which that data is carried is identified and the wireless signal which is sent to the receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at the receiving location is indicative of the particular required transponder to which the apparatus at the receiving location is tO tune to.A system according to claim 1 wherein upon a user selection being made the processing apparatus generates a wireless signal using DiSEqC.6 A system according to claim 5 wherein the wireless signal is sent over 802.lln, at 52GHz.7 A system according to any of the preceding claims wherein a plurality of processing apparatus is provided in connection with the apparatus at the * receiving location and at least one of the processing apparatus is provided with a receiver, transmitter or transceiver assodated therewith to allow a signal representative of the data group or stream required to be received by that processing apparatus at that time to be transmitted. n.e8 A system according to claim 7 wherein the apparatus includes a first * :" processing apparatus which is connected tO the receiving location apparatus * ** via cable connection, and further processing apparatus which is in wireless :.: communication with the receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at the receiving location to allow signals to be sent thereto which are indicative of a user selected service -- 9 A system according to claim 8 wherein the said further processing apparatus receives the required data signals for the user selected service wirelessly from the apparatus at the receiving location apparatus.iQAsyst;waccQrdingso any of the preceding claims wherein the apparatus at the receiving location includes a plurality of tuners in order to allow different groups or streams of data to be transmitted to different respective processing apparatus.11 A system according to any of the preceding claims wherein at least one of the further processing apparatus can be operated externally of the premises to obtain at least a limited range of user selected services from the apparatus at the receiving location of the premises.12 A broadcast data distribution system for use at a premises, said system including aparatus at a receiving location at the premises for receiving data transmitted by sateffite transmission and for receiving data via, a fibre optic and/or telecommunication transmission system, one or more data processing apparatus usalile with iti the premises and connected via cable or wireless communication meatis to the apparatus at the receiving location and wherein at least one further data processing apparatus is provided which is in wireless communication with the apparatus at the receiving location in order to allow data to be transferred to and/or from the further data processing apparatus.13 A system according to claim 12 wherein the aid at least one further data processing apparatus.is provided in wireless communication with the apparatus at the receiving location within a predetermined range of the receiving location, which range is externally and/or internally of the said premises.* 14 A system according to claims 13 or 14 wherein the said further data *:. processing apparatus and access to services via the same is controlled with respect to the identity of the user of the apparatus.* 15 A system according to claim 14 wherein if the user is the subscriber who inhabits said premises, access can be achieved to a greater range of services than can be accessed by a user of the apparatus who does not inhabit the premises with which their processing apparatus is in communication.16. A method of selecting and retrieving data which is to be processed to provide a user selected service from a range of available service options at a premises, said method comprising the steps of receiving via apparatus provided at a receiving location at the premises, data transmitted from one or more remote locations via satellite transmission, providing at least one processing apparatus within the premises to receive and process the said received data in order to generate a user requested service or part of a service from the data within the premises, providing a wireless data transmission system including a wireless signal receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the processing apparatus and a receiver, transmitter or transceiver associated with the apparatus at the receiving location to allow the transfer of data between said apparatus at the receiving location apparatus and the processing apparatus and, upon a user making a request for a particular service to be generated by the processing apparatus, identifying the data which is required for that service, sending a signal. frogt the processing apparatus to the wireless receiver, transmitter or transceiver which is indicative of the particulai data group or stream of data in which the data required to generate the service is located and sending a signal from the receiver, transmitter or transceiver at the processing apparatus to the receiver, transmitter or transceiver at the apparatus at the receiving location to tune to the source of the required group or stream of data and cause the selected data to be transmitted to the said processing apparatus. * S.0: 17 A method according to claim 16 wherein the said group or stream of data is that which is provided from a particular transponder of a range of transponders via the apparatus at the receiving location. *5s18 A method according to dam 16 wherein the said group or streath of data is transmitted wirelessly to the said processing apparatus.19 A method according to any of claims 16-18 wherein further processing aaraffis is connected to the apparatus at the receig location a receiver, transmitter or transceiver which is connected via a wireless or cable * connection to the apparatus at the receiving location.A method according to claim 19 wherein the said further processing apparatus is located within the premises at which the receiving location and first processing apparatus is provided.21 A method according to claim 19 arid/or 20 wherein said further processing apparatus is located and tisable externally of the said premises at which the receiving location and first processing apparatus is provided.22 A method according to claims 19-21 wherein those services which can be accessed by further data processing apparatus internally of the premises is the same as that which can be accessed via the first processing apparatus in dependence upon the status of the subscriber with respect to the service provider at that premises and services which can be accessed via further processing apparatus operated externally of the premises are dependent upon the status of the user of the processing apparatus externally of the premises. 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