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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2009
Howard Abramson, Easton, MA (US);
Ran Oz, Modiin, IL;
Jay Chambers, Glenpool, OK (US);
Mohan Gundu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Douglas Jones, Boulder, CO (US);
Tamir Ostfeld, Kfar Saba, IL;
Howard Abramson, Easton, MA (US);
Ran Oz, Modiin, IL;
Jay Chambers, Glenpool, OK (US);
Mohan Gundu, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Douglas Jones, Boulder, CO (US);
Tamir Ostfeld, Kfar Saba, IL;
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing video to a customer premises equipment, the method includes: receiving, by a radio frequency interface of a cable modem, radio frequency signals; receiving by a data tuner out of multiple tuners of the cable modem, radio frequency signals that convey data; detecting, by a monitor of the cable modem, a request to receive a certain video channel that is being broadcasted; wherein the request is sent to the cable modem from a customer premises equipment; tuning a certain tuner out of multiple tuners of the cable modem, in response to a mapping between radio frequencies and video channels, to receive the certain video channel; filtering out data layer encapsulation information that encapsulates certain video channel information; and transmitting certain video channel information to the customer premises equipment.