FASTER TUNING USING MULTIPLE TUNERS AND NETWORKED MONITORS

Multiple television monitors (160, 170, 360, 370) share access via a network (150) to a central tuning device (100) that is able to tune multiple channels concurrently. The monitors communicate channel requests to the central device via the network. The central device processes the requests by contr...

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Hauptverfasser:	PLAMOOTTIL THOMAS J, BURGE STUART, SAWICKI PIOTR L, NITERT WILHELMUS G, VAN HORCK HENDRIKUS G, SPANJERS JOHAN M, TODOROV TODOR V, KOOIJMANS SANDER R, JOSEPH RANI M, REN LIN, HAARSMA MARCUS G. A, WOUTERS PETRUS N, MOLL HENDRIK F, NIELEN MARTINUS S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
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Zusammenfassung:	Multiple television monitors (160, 170, 360, 370) share access via a network (150) to a central tuning device (100) that is able to tune multiple channels concurrently. The monitors communicate channel requests to the central device via the network. The central device processes the requests by controlling a number of individual tuners (330, 335, 340) to tune the requested channels, and couples the monitors to a data stream that is output from the appropriate individual tuner. Predictive tuning may be performed with any unused tuners to reduce delays. The monitors decode (425) the received data streams. Optionally, decoders (130, 135, 140) are provided for each tuner at the central device so that a decoded data stream is provided to the monitors.