| US 7,542,715 B1 | ||
| Signal selector and combiner for broadband content distribution | ||
| Itzhak Gurantz, San Diego, Calif. (US); Ladd El Wardani, La Jolla, Calif. (US); and Michael Landry, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Entropic Communications Inc., San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/553,456. | ||
| Application 11/553456 is a continuation of application No. 10/289011, filed on Nov. 06, 2002, granted, now 7,130,576, filed on Oct. 31, 2006. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/345965, filed on Nov. 07, 2001. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/333722, filed on Nov. 27, 2001. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/358817, filed on Feb. 22, 2002. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04H 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—3.01 [455/3.02; 455/3.03; 455/3.04; 455/179.1; 725/71; 725/78] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A signal distribution system for distributing a plurality of video programs from a satellite outdoor unit (ODU) over a
digital network comprising:
a signal selector that receives broadband LNB signals comprising a plurality of transponder channels, the signal selector
is responsive to transponder information transmitted over the digital network, and selects at least one transponder channel
from the broadband LNB signal based on the transponder select information;
at least one transport stream demultiplexer coupled to the signal selector to extract a specific video program from the transponder
channel;
a data combiner coupled to the transport stream demultiplexers to combine video programs and produce a multiplexed signal;
wherein the multiplexed signal is formatted for transmission on the digital network and the digital network connects to the
ODU.
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