Enhancement for interactive TV formatting apparatus
AssigneeChello Broadband NV
InventorRobert Van Noetsele
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Abstract
A signal formatting apparatus for use in a television transmission system, the apparatus comprising: an enhanced content input for receiving enhanced content streams in a predefined input format; a plurality of enhanced content outputs for outputting enhanced content data in a plurality of formats for transmission to receivers of respective types; and a signal formatter for forming the enhanced content data by processing the enhanced content streams to put each of the enhanced content streams in the respective format.
Claims13
A signal formatting apparatus for use in a television transmission system, the apparatus comprising:
- an enhanced content input for receiving enhanced content streams in a predefined input format;
- a plurality of enhanced content outputs for outputting enhanced content data in a plurality of formats for transmission to receivers of respective types;
- and
- a signal formatter for forming the enhanced content data by processing the enhanced content streams to put each of the enhanced content streams in the respective format.
A signal formatting apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein the receivers include set-top boxes.
A signal formatting apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein the enhanced content streams received at the input are provided by enhanced content providers.
A signal formatting apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein the receivers are positioned remotely from the signal formatting apparatus.
A signal formatting apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein the input format is XML.
A signal formatting apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein the transmission formats include HTML, Java and Flow files.
A method for formatting enhanced content signals in a television transmission system, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of enhanced content streams in a predefined input format;
- processing the enhanced content streams to form enhanced content data in a plurality of output formats, such that each of the enhanced content streams is put into a respective format;
- and
- transmitting the enhanced content data in a respective format to receivers of a respective type.
A signal formatting apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
A method for formatting enhanced content signals substantially as herein described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.