公开(公告)号：US5351130A

公开(公告)日：1994-09-27

申请号：US10429

申请日：1993-01-28

申请人： Michael T. Dugan ,  Joseph T. Cilke ,  Bruce S. Petrie

发明人： Michael T. Dugan ,  Joseph T. Cilke ,  Bruce S. Petrie

IPC分类号： H01Q1/12 ,  H04H40/90 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/92 ,  H04N7/20 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N5/44

CPC分类号： H04H40/90 ,  H01Q1/1257 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/9206 ,  H04N7/20 ,  H04N21/6547

摘要： A television signal satellite receiver that, in one embodiment, is capable of utilizing the recording and playback capabilities of a video signal recorder, such as a video cassette recorder (VCR), to back up data contained in the satellite receiver memory and/or to load the memory with data. Typical data to be backed up or loaded into the memory includes satellite position data, which is unique with respect to the location of each satellite receiver and, more specifically, to the location of the antenna associated with the receiver. To back up data, the satellite receiver employs a translator that converts data contained in the satellite receiver memory from a digital format to a video signal format that is appropriate for the video signal recorder. Conversely, to load the memory with data, the translator converts data with the video signal format that is provided by the video signal recorder into a digital signal format that can be loaded into the memory of the satellite receiver. In one embodiment, the satellite receiver provides information, such as instructions on a data back-up operation, to a user by providing a signal to the user's television with the appropriate textual material contained therein.

摘要翻译： 一种电视信号卫星接收机，在一个实施例中，能够利用诸如录像机（VCR）的视频信号记录器的记录和重放能力来备份包含在卫星接收机存储器中的数据和/或 使用数据加载内存。 要备份或加载到存储器中的典型数据包括卫星位置数据，其相对于每个卫星接收机的位置是唯一的，更具体地说，涉及与接收机相关联的天线的位置。 为了备份数据，卫星接收机使用将卫星接收机存储器中包含的数据从数字格式转换成适用于视频信号记录器的视频信号格式的转换器。 相反，为了使用数据加载存储器，转换器将由视频信号记录器提供的视频信号格式的数据转换成可加载到卫星接收机的存储器中的数字信号格式。 在一个实施例中，卫星接收机通过用包含在其中的适当的文本材料向用户的电视机提供信号来向用户提供诸如数据备份操作的指令之类的信息。