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US 2009/0158370 A1Published application
Set-Top Box-Based TV Streaming and Redirecting
AssigneeAt&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorsJian Li, Zhi Li, Sun-Uk Park
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Abstract
A method for redirecting video content includes receiving a video signal at the set-top box and decoding the video signal to produce unrendered video data. The unrendered video data is encoded and provided to the remote device via a wide area network. By encoding unrendered, rather than rendered, video data for transmission to the remote device, the need for an encoding device external to the set-top box is obviated.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a video signal at a set-top box;
- converting the video signal to unrendered video data;
- encoding the unrendered video data to produce encoded video data;
- and
- providing the encoded video data to a network for transmission to a remote device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of video streams at a set-top box;
- decoding a first of the plurality of video streams to produce first unrendered video data;
- receiving at the set-top box a first request from a first remote device for the first of the plurality of video streams;
- encoding the first unrendered video data in response to the first request to produce first encoded video data;
- and
- providing the first encoded video data to the first remote device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving from a set-top box encoded video data, the encoded video data based on unrendered video data at the set-top box;
- decoding the encoded video data to produce decoded video data;
- and
- displaying the decoded video data.
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A set-top box, comprising:
- a decoding module configured to convert a received video signal to unrendered video data;
- an encoder configured to convert the unrendered video data to encoded video data;
- and
- a server module configured to provide the encoded video data to a remote device via a network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.