Wireless audio for entertainment systems
AssigneeMarvell World Trade Ltd.
InventorSehat Sutardja
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Abstract
A set top box comprises a signal receiver that includes a front end that receives broadband signals, and a tuner that tunes a channel including audio and video signals. A signal demodulator communicates with the signal receiver and demodulates the audio and video signals. A video processor communicates with the signal demodulator and encodes and transmits the video signals via a first medium. A transmitter communicates with the signal demodulator and transmits the encoded audio signals via a second wireless medium, wherein the first medium and the second wireless medium are different types of media.
Claims41
A set top box, comprising:
- a signal receiver that includes a front end that receives digital broadband signals and a tuner that tunes a channel including digital audio and video signals;
- a signal demodulator that communicates with said signal receiver and that demodulates said digital audio and video signals;
- a video processor that communicates with said signal demodulator and that encodes and outputs digital video output signals on a first medium;
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- a transmitter that communicates with said signal demodulator and that transmits said digital audio output signals via a second wireless medium, wherein said first medium has a greater bandwidth capacity and a different protocol than said second wireless medium, and wherein said first medium is a wireless medium.
A set top box, comprising:
- signal receiving means for receiving digital broadband signals and for tuning a channel including digital audio and video signals;
- signal demodulating means for communicating with said signal receiving means and for demodulating said digital audio and video signals;
- video processing means for communicating with said signal demodulating means and for encoding and outputting digital video output signals via a first medium;
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- transmitting means for communicating with said signal demodulating means and for transmitting said digital audio output signals via a second wireless medium, wherein said first medium has a greater bandwidth capacity and a different protocol than said second wireless medium.
A method for operating a set top box, comprising:
- receiving digital broadband signals and tuning a channel including digital audio and video signals;
- demodulating said digital audio and video signals;
- generating digital audio output signals;
- encoding and transmitting digital video output signals via a first medium;
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- transmitting said digital audio output signals via a second wireless medium, wherein said first medium has a greater bandwidth capacity and a different protocol than said second wireless medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.