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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
Thaddeus C. Pritchett, Edmonds, WA (US);
David A. Goll, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean C. Mcdowell, Redmond, WA (US);
Terje K. Backman, Carnation, WA (US);
Jay Alan Borseth, Seattle, WA (US);
Thaddeus C. Pritchett, Edmonds, WA (US);
David A. Goll, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean C. McDowell, Redmond, WA (US);
Terje K. Backman, Carnation, WA (US);
Jay Alan Borseth, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A modularized broadcast receiver driver architecture includes one or more control nodes, under control of a network module, that perform a series of one or more functions to receive a broadcast signal and extract content information from the signal. None of the multiple control nodes requires knowledge of the network type via which the signal is being received. Rather, a network module is aware of the network type and configures the control nodes to carry out their respective functions.