Broadcom Corporation

Dan Simon

Francis Cheung

Brian Francis Schoner

Rajesh Mamidwar

Iue-Shuenn Chen

Ut Nguyen

Darren Duane Neuman

Steven T Jaffe

Chengfuh Jeffrey Tang

Greg Alan Kranawetter

Patrick Y Law

Sandeep Bhatia

Aleksandr M Movshovich

Jason C Demas

Brad Albert Delanghe

David A Baer

Hoang Nhu

Tracy C Denk

Shawn Val Johnson

James Douglas Sweet

Yao-Hua Tseng

Guang-Ting Shih

Jeffrey S Bauch

David Chao Hua Wu

Brad Grossman

Chuck Monahan

Sang Van Tran

Thu T Nguyen

Hsien-Chih Jim Tseng

Ben Giese

Lakshman Ramakrishnan

Jeff Tingley

Keith LaRell Klingler

Kevin Patariu

Keith LaRell Klinger

A television on a chip (TVOC) system that provides a cost effective approach for providing television functionality on a single integrated circuit chip is disclosed. A TVOC includes the functionality necessary to receive and display television signals in a variety of input and output formats. A TVOC can be used in set-top boxes for cable and satellite television, or directly within a television. All functionality provided can be provided on a single integrated circuit. TVOC includes a data transport module, an IF demodulator, a digital audio engine, an analog audio engine, a digital video engine, and an analog video engine. The TVOC also includes three sets of interfaces including output interfaces, control interfaces and ancillary interfaces. Further features and embodiments provide enhanced functionality and increased efficiencies.

Television functionality on a chip

Aspects of the present invention may be found in one or more systems and/or methods to encapsulate or packetize non-MPEG and MPEG data. The encapsulation or packetization allows both the non-MPEG and MPEG data to be utilized by a set-top-box that conforms or complies with the OpenCable&#x2122; Advanced Multi-Stream POD Interface Specification and/or the OpenCable&#x2122; Multi-Stream CableCARD Interface Specification. In one embodiment, a method of processing video data, by a set-top-box that is communicatively coupled to a POD card, comprises receiving video data from a provider, first packetizing the video data using a first header to generate a first packet, wherein the first header comprises a first indicator. In one embodiment, a system for providing MPEG and non-MPEG video to a subscriber comprises a circuitry and a POD card capable of receiving, processing, and facilitating the display of non-MPEG and MPEG data.

Packetization of non-MPEG stream data in systems using advanced multi-stream POD interface

A system and method is provided for generating and using multiple synchronized local program timestamps in a media processing system. The system includes an input processor, one or more local timestamp insertion modules, one or more parsers, and an input buffer. Each local program timestamp module includes a clock reference recovery module, a local program clock synchronized to the system time clock of a program source, and a timestamp generator. The system also includes one or more processing modules such as record modules, transmission modules, and display modules. When a data packet is received by the media processing system, the local timestamp insertion module appends a timestamp to the data packet. The timestamp is based on the synchronized local program clock for the program associated with the data packet. The processing modules utilize the synchronized local timestamps and their associated local program clock in a variety of applications.

System and method for generating multiple independent, synchronized local timestamps

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Dan Simon