Method and apparatus for personal multimedia content distribution
AssigneeInterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
InventorsSteven Rhoads, Douglas Strachota
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Abstract
Efficient techniques are provided for distributing video and data from the internet to the TV in order to permit easier access to new means of communications, e.g., internet. Each personal stream associated with an individual may only be watched on the individual's receiver. The personal stream is paired to the receiver identification number included in the signaling data associated with the personal stream. A personalized program guide may be generated including information about the personal stream and may only be watched on the individual's receiver. Obfuscation of the stream types associated with the personal stream may be performed. Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving a signal are provided.
Claims26
An apparatus for transmitting a signal comprising:
- a content processor configured to:
- receive a first personal stream associated with a first individual and at least one second personal stream associated with at least one second individual,
- generate a first program map table and at least one second program map table for the first personal stream and at least one second personal stream, said first program map table including a receiver identification number for a first receiver used by the first individual and the at least one second program map table including at least one receiver identification number for at least one second receiver used by the at least one second individual, and
- merge the first personal stream and the at least one second personal stream and the first program map table and the at least one second program map table into at least one third stream;
- and
- a transmitter coupled to the content processor, the transmitter configured to transmit the signal including said at least one third stream in at least one physical channel of the frequency spectrum,
- wherein the first program map table and the at least one second program map table each further include at least one of a desired major channel number and a minor channel number, and wherein the desired major channel number and the minor channel number is the same number for each of the first program map table and the at least one second program map table.
A method of transmitting a signal comprising:
- receiving a first personal stream associated with a first individual and at least one second personal stream associated with at least one second individual;
- generating a first program map table and at least one second program map table for the first personal stream and at least one second personal stream, the first program map table including a receiver identification number for a first receiver used by the first individual and the at least one second program map table including at least one receiver identification number for at least one second receiver used by the at least one second individual;
- merging the first and the at least one second personal stream and the first program map table and the at least one second program map table into at least one third stream;
- and
- transmitting a signal including the at least one third stream in at least one physical channel of the frequency spectrum,
- wherein the first program map table and the at least one second program map table each further include at least one of a desired major channel number and a minor channel number, and wherein the desired major channel number and the minor channel number is the same number for each of the first program map table and the at least one second program map table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.