Apparatus and method for generating a time-multiplexed channel surfing signal at television head-end sites
US6357045B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/482
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus that generates a time-multiplexed channel surfing signal at television head-end sites. The system includes circuitry that receives channel feeds which are analog signals or digitally encoded signals. The channel feeds are segmented and segments from each feed are combined to produce a combined channel feed which is transmitted with the channel feeds.
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