Satellite Receiver Having Bluetooth or Other Short-Range Wireless Interface
AssigneeGeneral Instrument Corporation
InventorsRussell E. Sorber, Jerry L. Meek, Bradley R. Swim
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Abstract
A subscriber satellite broadcast receiver is provided. The receiver includes a tuner/demodulator for transforming satellite broadcast signals to a digital data stream, a decoder for decoding the digital data stream into a format suitable for display on a display device and a processor operatively coupled to the tuner/demodulator and the decoder. A short-range wireless transceiver is coupled to the processor for establishing a connection with a satellite broadcast service provider.
Claims17
At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions which, when executed by a processor, performs a method including:
- establishing communication with a satellite broadcast service provider over a cellular network using a short-range wireless connection that operates over a personal area network;
- transmitting a service request to the satellite broadcast service provider over the personal area network and the cellular network;
- and
- receiving the requested service from a satellite associated with the satellite broadcast service provider.
A subscriber satellite broadcast receiver, comprising:
- a tuner/demodulator for transforming satellite broadcast signals to a digital data stream;
- a decoder for decoding the digital data stream into a format suitable for display on a display device;
- a processor operatively coupled to the tuner/demodulator and the decoder;
- and
- a short-range wireless transceiver coupled to the processor for establishing a connection with a satellite broadcast service provider.
At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions which, when executed by a processor, performs a method including:
- receiving from a satellite subscriber a service request that traverses a personal area network and a cellular network;
- in response to the request, transmitting confirmation of the service request to the subscriber over the cellular network;
- and
- causing the requested service to be transmitted to the satellite subscriber from a satellite.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.