Apparatus and method for web-casting over digital broadcast TV network
US6459427B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/426
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A one-way broadcasting system comprises a headend system architecture adapted to receive data from the Internet and transmit the data through a digital TV network to receivers, a mapping function for mapping the Internet data to MPEG streams, a combining function for combining the Internet data streams with digital video streams, a broadcast function for broadcasting Web content to users throughout the one way network; a linking function for linking the Internet data with digital video channels; and a navigation function for navigating broadcast data in the one way network.
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