Apparatus and method for supporting excess transport streams in set-top-box
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun-Chul CHOI
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for processing excess transport streams in a broadcast receiver are provided. The apparatus for processing the excess transport streams in the broadcast receiver includes a controller for determining whether a number of received transport streams exceeds a maximum number of transport streams, a memory for, when the number of the received transport streams exceeds the maximum number of the transport streams, storing one or more excess transport streams, and a cablecard for descrambling and processing the stored one or more excess transport streams when the cablecard has spare capacity. Thereby, there is no need to install an additional cablecard to process the one or more excess transport streams.
Claims20
An apparatus for processing excess transport streams in a broadcast receiver, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller for determining whether a number of received transport streams exceeds a maximum number of transport streams;
- a memory for storing one or more excess transport streams when the number of the received transport streams exceeds the maximum number of the transport streams;
- and
- a cablecard for descrambling and processing the one or more stored excess transport streams when the cablecard has spare capacity.
A method for processing excess transport streams in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising:
- determining whether a number of received transport streams exceeds a maximum number of transport streams;
- storing one or more excess transport streams when the number of the received transport streams exceeds the maximum number of the transport streams;
- and
- descrambling and processing the one or more stored excess transport streams when there is spare capacity to descramble and process the stored one or more excess transport streams.
An apparatus for processing excess transport streams in a broadcast receiver, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller for, when a number of received transport streams exceeds a maximum number of transport streams, generating a Program Map Table (PMT) for one or more excess transport streams;
- a memory for storing the one or more excess transport streams and the PMT;
- and
- a cablecard for descrambling and processing the stored one or more excess transport streams and the PMT when the cablecard has spare capacity.
A method for processing excess transport streams in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising:
- generating a Program Map Table (PMT) for one or more excess transport streams when a number of received transport streams exceeds a maximum number of transport streams;
- storing the one or more excess transport streams and the PMT;
- and
- descrambling and processing the stored one or more excess transport streams and the PMT when there is spare capacity to descramble and process the stored one or more excess transport streams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.