US 2003/0166392 A1 · System and method for broadband digital broadcasting

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for providing streaming data information to a receiver. The system accesses one or more information service providers for providing respective information signals, input buffers for storing portions of the streaming inforamtion, a digital broadcast transmitter for broadcasting the contents of the input buffers as transmission bursts, a digital broadcast receiver for receiving the transmission bursts for storage in a receiver input buffer, and an application processor for converting the transmission bursts to an information transmission stream. The digital broadcast receiver is synchronized with the transmitter broadcasts to allow for powering down between selected transmission bursts.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing streaming information from a service provider (17) to a mobile terminal (40), said method comprising the steps of:

buffering a first portion of an information stream (25) in a first service input buffer (35) as buffered data (27);
transmitting said buffered data (27) as a transmission burst (53) in a time-slicing signal (51), said transmission burst (53) having a duration smaller than the duration of said portion of said information stream (25);
powering-up a receiver (41) in the mobile terminal (40) in synchronicity with said transmission burst (53) such that the mobile terminal (40) is powered-up when said transmission burst (53) is being transmitted;
and
buffering said transmission burst (53) in a receiver input buffer (45).

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System and method for broadband digital broadcasting

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System and method for broadband digital broadcasting

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Abstract

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