公开(公告)号：US20180020257A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15714194

申请日：2017-09-25

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： BRIAN WILSON ,  DOUGLAS ALMAN ,  TODD ANDREW FRYER ,  NICHOLAS NICAS ,  CHARLES D. TURNER, JR.

IPC: H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/6405 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/61

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a media interface device, a media selection command from a user device. The media selection command identifies first media content, the media content available from a first content source in a first format. The media interface device is configured to provide the first media content to the user device as second media content in a second format different than the first format. The method includes selecting a particular module of a plurality of modules of the media interface device to process the first media content based on the media selection command. The method includes receiving the first media content at the particular module, where the particular module converts the first media content in the first format to the second media content in the second format. The method also includes sending the second media content from an interface coupled to the particular module to the user device.

公开(公告)号：US20170171618A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US14969745

申请日：2015-12-15

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： TODD ANDREW FRYER ,  NICHOLAS NICAS ,  DOUGLAS MEDINA

IPC: H04N21/462 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N21/414

CPC classification number: H04N21/4622 ,  H04N7/161 ,  H04N7/17363 ,  H04N21/4122 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4263 ,  H04N21/4384 ,  H04N21/44004 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/440218 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6131 ,  H04N21/6143

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of packetizers, a buffer, and an interface. The plurality of packetizers includes a first packetizer and a second packetizer. Each of the plurality of packetizers is configured to receive media content from a corresponding media source. The buffer is coupled to the plurality of packetizers and is configured to concurrently receive first content from the first packetizers and second content from the second packetizers. The interface is configured to provide the first content from the buffer to a display device and to provide the second content from the buffer to the display device responsive to a media selection request received from the display device.

公开(公告)号：US20180351682A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15615303

申请日：2017-06-06

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Nicholas Nicas ,  TODD ANDREW FRYER ,  DAVID IRVIN

IPC: H04J14/02 ,  H03M1/12 ,  H04N13/02 ,  H03M1/00

CPC classification number: H04J14/02 ,  H03M1/007 ,  H03M1/1205 ,  H04N13/25

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that encodes digital signals representing image data captured by a video camera and provided according to a 4K ultra-high definition (4K-UHD) standard. The digital signals are transmitted as serial digital interface (SDI) streams to a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) unit; the WDM unit performs electrical-to-optical conversion of the SDI streams and outputs a multiplexed signal to a single fiber-optic cable. The video camera, encoding unit, and WDM unit form a combined module within a housing; the device connects to a proximal end of a single fiber-optic cable, and a distal end of the single fiber-optic cable is configurable for connection to a demultiplexer of a 4K-UHD video presentation device. The multiplexed signal is transmitted on the single fiber-optic cable unidirectionally from the proximal end to the distal end. Other embodiments are disclosed.