Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Home gateway and tuner sharing method
- Patent Title (中): 家庭网关和调谐器共享方法
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Application No.: US12978351Application Date: 2010-12-23
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Publication No.: US08526425B2Publication Date: 2013-09-03
- Inventor: Sheng-Yu Chiang
- Applicant: Sheng-Yu Chiang
- Applicant Address: TW New Taipei
- Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW New Taipei
- Agency: Altis Law Group, Inc.
- Main IPC: H04L12/66
- IPC: H04L12/66 ; H04N7/18 ; H04N7/173

Abstract:
A home gateway transmits data on the Internet to a plurality of customer premise equipments (CPEs) via a cable modem termination system (CMTS) which connect a plurality of other home gateways. The home gateway distributes a plurality of tuners to the plurality of CPEs according to request packets sent by the plurality of CPEs. The home gateway transmits broadcast packets to the other home gateways to inquire whether one of the other home gateways has an unoccupied tuner or not upon the condition that there are no unoccupied tuners of the home gateway, receives data from the Internet via the unoccupied tuner, and transmits the data to one of the CPEs not distributed the tuner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120099584A1 HOME GATEWAY AND TUNER SHARING METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-04-26
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