CA2097083A1 - Method and apparatus for transmitting, receiving and communicating data signals with corresponding program data signals - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for transmitting, receiving and communicating data signals with corresponding program data signals

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CA2097083A1
CA2097083A1 CA2097083A CA2097083A CA2097083A1 CA 2097083 A1 CA2097083 A1 CA 2097083A1 CA 2097083 A CA2097083 A CA 2097083A CA 2097083 A CA2097083 A CA 2097083A CA 2097083 A1 CA2097083 A1 CA 2097083A1
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Luis Agustin Rovira
William Edgar Wall, Jr.
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Abstract

An apparatus and method is described for transmitting, receiving and communicating program data signals which are combined with digital data signals. Preferably, the present invention compresses 30 digital audio signals (10-1 - 10-n), multiplexes them with title, track, artist, record label, year, etc., program information (20-1 - 20 m and 30-1 - 30-K), and transmits the combined signals via satellite (50) to a receiving station (60).
The receiving station demultiplexes (70) the signals and sends them via a cable distribution system to a subscriber's digital music tuner (100). This tuner further demultiplexes (143) and decodes (147) the signals so that the digital audio signals may be converted to analog (160) and output for listening. while the corresponding data signals are communicated to the subscriber. In an alternative preferred embodiment, the program data signals are transmitted to a remote control receiver (200) where they are displayed. The system described in the present invention may be used for transmitting video, software or games with program data to subscribers.
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