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Television tuner to capture a cable spectrum

US8928820B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 2013
Grant dateJan 6, 2015
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/4383
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes receiving a request to tune to a first desired television channel of a cable spectrum provided in a radio frequency (RF) signal received in a multi-tuner circuit configured to receive and process the entire cable spectrum, determining a channel of the channels including the first desired television channel, disabling the channels other than the determined channel, and processing the RF signal in the determined channel.

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