公开(公告)号：US08726319B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-13

申请号：US11596909

申请日：2005-05-19

申请人： Harold Gene Roberts ,  Clint Alan Ecoff

发明人： Harold Gene Roberts ,  Clint Alan Ecoff

IPC分类号： H04N7/20

CPC分类号： H04H40/90

摘要： A bridge is provided for connecting multiple satellite receivers to multiple accessories in a video distribution system such as a direct broadcast satellite system. The bridge is designed for interposition between multiple satellite receivers (set top boxes or STBs) and controllable accessories (e.g. LNBs or multi-switches) of the video distribution system. The bridge provides controlled communication between STBs and controllable accessories using, for example, customized vendor extensions to the DiSEqC communication protocol. The bridge includes a communication protocol transceiver for each STB port, a communication protocol transmitter for each controllable accessory port, a mailbox for each STB port, a mailbox for the bridge, and a controller, processor, processing means or processing logic controlling or regulating video distribution system communication.

摘要翻译： 提供了一个桥梁，用于将多个卫星接收机连接到诸如直接广播卫星系统的视频分配系统中的多个附件。 桥被设计用于在视频分配系统的多个卫星接收机（机顶盒或STB）和可控附件（例如LNB或多开关）之间进行插入。 该桥通过例如DiSEqC通信协议的定制供应商扩展来提供机顶盒和可控附件之间的受控通信。 该桥包括每个STB端口的通信协议收发器，每个可控附件端口的通信协议发送器，每个STB端口的邮箱，用于桥接器的邮箱，以及控制器，处理器，控制或调节视频的处理装置 配电系统通讯。