System and method for distributing video data over an electrical power line
US8212883B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5458
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system is disclosed for performing a method of distributing video data over an electrical power line. The system includes but is not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium and a computer program comprising instructions embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program further comprising instructions to detect first event data at a first controllable device in an internet protocol television system; instructions to send second event data over the electrical power line to a second controllable device in the internet protocol television system from the first controllable device in response to the detecting the first event data at the first controllable device; and instructions to receive video data concurrently at a first internet protocol television client device over the electrical power line from the first and second controllable devices in response to the detecting the first event data at the first controllable device.
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