Method for receiving viewing-restricted channel
AssigneeHumax Co., Ltd.
InventorJungmin LYU
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Abstract
A method for receiving a viewing-restricted channel is disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, if a user makes a request for receiving a viewing-restricted channel, a command requesting decoding and transmitting broadcast signals of the viewing-restricted channel is generated and transmitted to a broadcast receiver equipped with a CAS module through a network, and broadcast data decoded at the broadcast receiver is received through the network and played after being processed as audio/video signals. If broadcast signals transcoded in a different bit rate at the broadcast receiver is received, the transcoded broadcast data can be decoded in an appropriate way and played.
Claims11
A method for receiving a viewing-restricted channel, comprising:
- receiving a request for receiving a viewing-restricted channel from a user;
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- generating a command requesting for decoding and transmitting broadcast signals of the viewing-restricted channel and transmitting the generated command to a broadcast receiver through a network.
An apparatus for receiving a viewing-restricted channel, comprising:
- a communication module for connecting to a broadcast receiver through a network;
- a signal processing module for processing broadcast data transmitted through broadcast signals or a network;
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- a controller for generating a command requesting for decoding and transmitting broadcast data of a viewing-restricted channel when a user requests receiving the viewing-restricted channel, and transmitting the command to a broadcast receiver through the network by controlling the communication module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.