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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Sisvel Technology S.r.l., None, IT;
Alessandro Striuli, Mestre, IT;
Sisvel Technology S.R.L., None (TO), IT;
Abstract
A video content receiving apparatus () includes an interface () for interfacing to at least one associable video reproducing apparatus (), and including: a receiver for receiving video contents from at least one source of contents () through a connection () connected to a plurality of distribution platforms (), wherein a first connection () to a first distribution platform () is of the broadband type, and wherein a second connection () to a second distribution platform () is of the broadcast type; a first identifier for identifying a video content to be reproduced; a second identifier for identifying at least one active distribution platform on which said video content to be reproduced is currently being transmitted by the source of contents (); a selector for selecting the reception of the video content through the active distribution platform; a switch for switching between the first connection () and the second connection (), or vice versa, on the basis of a command signal received by the receiving apparatus (); and a video processor for generating a video signal () that includes the video content in a form that is reproducible by a reproducing apparatus () associable with the receiving apparatus () through the interfacer.