Digital media combiner
AssigneeReno Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTariq Ahmad, Christopher Sietsema, Rene Ernesto Corcios
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for combining an over-the-air broadcast signal with another digital media signal are described. Broadcast signals may be received at a user's location, demodulated, and then remodulated using the modulation scheme of a non-broadcast signal. The remodulated broadcast signal may then be combined with the non-broadcast signal, and the combined signal may be transmitted to a user's video equipment. In some cases, a channel guide interface may be provided that includes both the broadcast and non-broadcast media channels.
Claims20
A method for combining digital signals, comprising:
- receiving a first media signal at a user location, wherein the first media signal comprises a wireless radio transmission using a first modulation scheme;
- receiving a second media signal at the user location, wherein the second media signal is transmitted from a remote location using a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme;
- demodulating the first media signal according to the first modulation scheme;
- modulating the demodulated first media signal according to the second modulation scheme;
- combining, at the user location, the first media signal with a second media signal to generate a combined signal, wherein the combined media signal is modulated according to the second modulation scheme, and wherein the first media signal occupies at least one first frequency channel of the combined signal and the second media signal occupies at least one second frequency channel of the combined signal different from the at least one first frequency channel;
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- transmitting the combined signal to a video equipment at a user location.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing code for combining digital signals, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
- receive a first media signal at a user location, wherein the first media signal comprises a wireless radio transmission using a first modulation scheme;
- receive a second media signal at the user location, wherein the second media signal is transmitted from a remote location using a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme;
- demodulate the first media signal according to the first modulation scheme;
- modulate the demodulated first media signal according to the second modulation scheme;
- combine, at the user location, the first media signal with a second media signal to generate a combined signal, wherein the second media signal is modulated according to the second modulation scheme, and wherein the first media signal occupies at least one first frequency channel of the combined signal and the second media signal occupies at least one second frequency channel of the combined signal different from the at least one first frequency channel;
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- transmit the combined signal to a video equipment at a user location.
An apparatus for combining digital signals, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory storing instructions and in electronic communication with the processor, the processor being configured to execute the instructions to:
- receive a first media signal at a user location, wherein the first media signal comprises a wireless radio transmission using a first modulation scheme;
- receive a second media signal at the user location, wherein the second media signal is transmitted from a remote location using a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme;
- demodulate the first media signal according to the first modulation scheme;
- modulate the demodulated first media signal according to the second modulation scheme;
- combine, at the user location, the first media signal with a second media signal to generate a combined signal, wherein the second media signal is modulated according to the second modulation scheme, and wherein the first media signal occupies at least one first frequency channel of the combined signal and the second media signal occupies at least one second frequency channel of the combined signal different from the at least one first frequency channel;
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- transmit the combined signal to a video equipment at a user location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.