Configuring television broadcast signals
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsCORY CIRRINCIONE, JOSEPH MCCLANAHAN, MARK SCHWESINGER, JESSICA ZAHN
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Abstract
A system and methods for configuring a television signal SourceType received by one or more tuners. Each of the tuners in the system are initially identified. The signal type is detected, and based on the signal type, a recorder thread is populated with compatible scanners. A weighted scanning order is established within each recorder thread. In one embodiment, the weighted scanning order is based in part on the region where the tuners receive a signal. Once the recorder threads are established, the tuners are scanned in parallel. Based on the scanning results, the television signal SourceType for each tuner is reported.
Claims20
A method for configuring television signals received by a tuner, comprising:
- (a) identifying each tuner in a tuning device;
- (b) for each tuner identified in step (a), identifying whether the tuner may receive an analog signal or a digital signal;
- (c) creating a recorder thread for each tuner identified in step (a);
- (d) populating each recorder thread with at least one compatible scanner, wherein the at least one compatible scanner is based in part on whether the tuner may receive an analog broadcast signal or a digital broadcast signal;
- (e) scanning each tuner identified in step (a) in parallel;
- (f) reporting the scanning results.
A processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions for configuring a signal received by a tuner, comprising:
- identifying each tuner in a tuning device;
- creating a recorder thread for each tuner;
- loading compatible plug-ins into each recorder thread, wherein each compatible plug-in is based on whether the tuner is configured to receive an analog signal or a digital signal;
- scanning each of the identified tuners in parallel;
- reporting the scanning results.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.