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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pierre Chanteau, La Haye Malherbe, FR;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 ;
Abstract
A television signal distribution device comprises a plurality of downgoing cables ( ) corresponding to signals received from various satellites ( ). Signals received by terrestrial transmission ( T) are added to each of these cables. Digital data signals received from different satellites are converted to a lower frequency in down-converters (DC -DC ) and together brought to within the range of the terrestrial signals (T). For each group of users there is provided a converter ( ) for putting the digital data signals into a customary frequency band which can be used by a standard satellite modem ( ).