US 20060053436A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2006/0053436 A1 Allwein et al. (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 9, 2006
US 2006/0053436 A1 WIRELESS BACK CHANNEL FOR SATELLITE TELEVISION SYSTEM FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to television con
US 2006/0053436 A1 vision receiving device,”“television receiver,”“television recording device,”“satellite set-top-box,”“satellite receiver, ”“cable s
US 2006/0053436 A1 folloW. One component of satellite communication device 108 may be a satellite dish. A satellite dish can focus the signal on one o
US 2006/0053436 A1 200 functions including, but not limited to, channel selec tion, recording control, EPG display and control and system maintenance.
US 2006/0053436 A1 (not shown), television 230, smart card 236, VCR (not shown), or other devices. In a preferred embodiment, home entertainment syste
US 2006/0053436 A1 Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). One skilled in the art Will recognize that other Wireless transmission protocols are possible
US 2006/0053436 A1 sion converter 100 can then process 712 the information. One skilled in the art Will recognize that other structures or techniques
US 2006/0053436 A1 12. Asubscriber television converter apparatus for receiv ing, decoding and displaying pay television content accord ing to claim 1
Patent Application Publication Mar. 9, 2006 Sheet 1 0f 8 US 2006/0053436 A1 106 128 51 4/ w / —€~*— Satellite Satellite Television Wireless Phone Tow
Patent Application Publication Mar. 9, 2006 Sheet 2 0f 8 US 2006/0053436 A1 Television Convene! Device 206 208 204 Demod ulamr 5 Forward : Tuner 1 V
Patent Application Publication Mar. 9, 2006 Sheet 3 0f 8 US 2006/0053436 A1 312 302 Television Convener Device FIG. 3
Patent Application Publication Mar. 9, 2006 Sheet 4 0f 8 US 2006/0053436 A1 412 302 Television Convener Device FIG. 4
Patent Application Publication Mar. 9, 2006 Sheet 5 0f 8 US 2006/0053436 A1 304 512 ; 30B 510 502 315 514 \ Television Convener Device _ FIG. 5
Patent Application Publication Mar. 9, 2006 Sheet 6 0f 8 602 \ 604 Receive and Decode Television Content at Television Converter Collect Information a
Patent Application Publication Mar. 9, 2006 102 / lnfonnation Transmitted to Wireless Network by Pay Television Distributor via Communications Network
Patent Application Publication Mar. 9, 2006 Sheet 8 0f 8 US 2006/0053436 A1 i 1061 / 104 -e— Satellite Satellite Television Wireless Phone Tower Distr
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