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Virtual broadband receiver, and system and method utilizing same

US8942179B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 2013
Grant dateJan 27, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2212/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A virtual broadband transmitting unit includes a stream generator to generate a multiplicity of data streams from an incoming media datastream, and a transmission manager to control the upload of the multiplicity of data streams along a multiplicity of transmission channels to at least one wireless communication network. A virtual broadband receiver includes means to receive a multiplicity of media data streams from a multiplicity of data connections, and an assembly engine to assemble the data streams into a single media stream.

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