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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.6498/DELNP/2008 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :24/07/2008 (43) Publication Date : 24/10/2008
(54) Title of the invention : "APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING SIGNAL BY DOWN-CONVERTING TO
VACANT CHANNELS"
(51) International classification :H04N 7/10 (71)Name of Applicant :
(31) Priority Document No :60/453,491
1)THOMSON LICENCING
(32) Priority Date :11/03/2003
Address of Applicant :46, QUAI A. LE GALLO, F-92100
(33) Name of priority country :U.S.A.
BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT (FR) France
(86) International Application No :PCT/US2004/007270 (72)Name of Inventor :
Filing Date
:09/03/2004
1)PUGEL, MICHAEL ANTHONY
(87) International Publication No :WO 2004/082282 2)LANKFORD, DOUGLAS, EDWARD
(61) Patent of Addition to Application
Number
Filing Date
:NA
:NA
3)CURTIS, JOHN, JOSEPH
4)WEHMEYER, KEITH, REYNOLDS
5)DERRENBERGER,MIKE, ARTHUR
(62) Divisional to Application Number :3870/DELNP/2005 6)LOCKRIDGE, TERRY, WAYNE
Filed on
(57) Abstract :
:30/08/2005
7)BOYER, ANDREW, ERIC
A gateway apparatus (20) is capable of distributing signals such as audio, video, and/or data signals in a household and/or business
dwelling using the existing coaxial cable infrastructure, and the signal distribution is controlled using the coaxial cable infrastructure
as a back channel. According to an exemplary embodiment, the gateway apparatus (20) includes signal processing elements (21, 24,
25, 26) for receiving signals from a broadcast source and processing the received signals to generate processed analog signals. A back
channel demodulator (27) receives a request signal from a client device (30) via a coaxial cable connecting the gateway apparatus (20)
and the client device (30). The processed analog signals are provided to the client device (30) via the coaxial cable responsive to the
request signal.
No. of Pages : 29 No. of Claims : 7
The Patent Office Journal 24/10/2008 25987