Media interface device
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsTODD ANDREW FRYER, NICHOLAS NICAS, DOUGLAS MEDINA
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a plurality of packetizers, a buffer, and an interface. The plurality of packetizers includes a first packetizer and a second packetizer. Each of the plurality of packetizers is configured to receive media content from a corresponding media source. The buffer is coupled to the plurality of packetizers and is configured to concurrently receive first content from the first packetizers and second content from the second packetizers. The interface is configured to provide the first content from the buffer to a display device and to provide the second content from the buffer to the display device responsive to a media selection request received from the display device.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of packetizers comprising a first packetizer and a second packetizer, wherein each of the plurality of packetizers is configured to receive media content from a corresponding media source;
- a buffer coupled to the plurality of packetizers and configured to concurrently receive first content from the first packetizer and second content from the second packetizer;
- and
- an interface coupled to the buffer and configured to:
- provide the first content from the buffer to a display device;
- and
- provide the second content from the buffer to the display device responsive to a media selection request received from the display device.
A method comprising:
- sending first content from a buffer of a media interface device to a display device;
- loading second content into the buffer of the media interface device concurrently with sending the first content from the buffer to the display device;
- receiving, at the media interface device, a media selection request from the display device, the media selection request identifying the second content;
- and
- sending the second content from the buffer to the display device responsive to the media selection request.
A computer readable storage device comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform operations including:
- sending a first control signal to cause a selector to provide first content from a buffer of a media interface device to a display device;
- identify second content requested based on a media selection request received from the display device, the second content and the first content concurrently buffered at the media interface device;
- and
- sending a second control signal to cause the selector to provide the second content from the buffer to the display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.