METHOD AND MODEM 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 modem comprising:
a coax transceiver operably coupled to an in-home coaxial cable network to communicate with at least one first client device, wherein the at least one first client device couples to the in-home coaxial cable network at a remote point from the modem, wherein the coax transceiver receives a first media request from the at least one first client device; a wireless transceiver operably coupled to an in-home wireless network to communicate with at least one second client device, wherein the wireless transceiver receives a first media request from the at least one first client device; a modem interface operably coupled to the Internet, the coax transceiver and the wireless transceiver, to respond to the first media request via the in-home coaxial cable network from the at least one first client device by forwarding the first media request to the Internet and receiving first media data in response thereto, and further to respond to a second media request via the in-home wireless network from the at least one second client device by forwarding the second media request to the Internet and receiving second media data in response thereto; and an encoding module operably coupled to format the first media data in accordance with a packet format of the in-home coaxial cable network, to route the first media data via the in-home coaxial cable network to the at least one first client device, to format the second media data in accordance with a packet format of the in-home wireless network and to route the first media data via the in-home wireless network to the at least one second client device.