Method and television for use in a multimedia system

摘要

A multimedia server receives a plurality of programs of a multimedia source. The multimedia server includes a tuning module to receive the plurality of programs and to select a set of programs from the plurality of programs based on a set of program select commands that is derived from select requests. A program mixer mixes the set of programs into a stream of program data. One or more transceiving modules transmit the stream of program data on to corresponding communication paths and receive the select requests. A client module produces the select requests for one or more clients. The client module includes a selection module to produce at least one of the select requests. A network interface controller transmits at least one of select requests to the multimedia server and receives the stream of program data via the communication path or paths in response.

主权项

1. A television comprising:
a video display device; a tuner, coupled to the video display device, configured to respond to commands from a user to tune one of a plurality of high definition digital broadcast channels received by the tuner for decoding and display by the video display device; a network interface for communicating with a multimedia server via a network protocol, wherein the network interface includes a wireless transceiver; and a processing module that executes at least one access application, the processing module operable to:
generate authentication data associated with the television, wherein the multimedia server authenticates the television based on the authentication data;generate a first video request, the first video request identifying a video on demand selection; andcommand the network interface to send the first video request to the multimedia server, wherein the multimedia server sends a first video stream that includes the video on demand selection to the television in accordance with pause and rewind commands received from the television, and wherein the multimedia server adapts a video quality of the first video stream based on an alternative video resolution selected by the television; wherein the network interface receives the first video stream from the multimedia server for decoding and display by the video display device.