Apparatus and method for transmitting content over network
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorChristopher Mark ALDER
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Abstract
A transmitter and a method for transmitting content over a network is provided. The transmitter includes a user interface configured to select content, a transport stream (TS) encoder configured to convert a format of the selected content into a format that at least one receiver is able to process if the at least one receiver is unable to process the format of the selected content, and package the selected content with the converted format into a TS, and at least one modulator configured to broadcast the selected content packaged into the TS to the at least one receiver.
Claims20
A transmitter in a network, the transmitter comprising:
- a user interface for selecting content;
- a transport stream (TS) encoder configured to:
- convert a format of the selected content into a format that at least one receiver is able to process if the at least one receiver is unable to process the format of the selected content, and
- package the selected content with the converted format is converted, into a TS;
- and
- at least one modulator configured to broadcast the selected content packaged into the TS to the at least one receiver.
A method for transmitting content in a transmitter in a network, the method comprising:
- determining whether at least one receiver is able to process a format of selected content;
- converting a format of the selected content into a format that the at least one receiver is able to process if the at least one receiver is unable to process the format of the selected content;
- packaging the selected content with the converted format into a transport stream (TS);
- and
- broadcasting the selected content packaged into the TS to the at least one receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.