WO1994013096B1 - Auxiliary device control for a subscriber terminal - Google Patents

Auxiliary device control for a subscriber terminal

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WO1994013096B1
WO1994013096B1 PCT/US1993/011649 US9311649W WO9413096B1 WO 1994013096 B1 WO1994013096 B1 WO 1994013096B1 US 9311649 W US9311649 W US 9311649W WO 9413096 B1 WO9413096 B1 WO 9413096B1
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subscriber terminal
program event
recording
auxiliary device
command
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PCT/US1993/011649
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Priority to DE69331971T priority patent/DE69331971T2/en
Priority to EP94902481A priority patent/EP0672323B1/en
Publication of WO1994013096A1 publication Critical patent/WO1994013096A1/en
Publication of WO1994013096B1 publication Critical patent/WO1994013096B1/en

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Abstract

An auxiliary device control for a subscriber terminal includes a four wire ribbon cable (306) defining a bidirectional communication and data interface from the terminal (40) to one or more auxiliary devices (310, 312, 314). A communication and data protocol for the bidirectional transfer of instructions, status, and data over the interface includes an address field, command or reply field, data length field, and checksum field (fig. 6) transmitted at 9600 baud. In a preferred implementation, the auxiliary device to be controlled is an IR peripheral controller (300) which can tune a VCR (350), and switch it on and off. Several transactions in the communications and data protocol are used to effect the operation where a control VCR command and reply transaction cause the control of the tuning and recording of the VCR. A set-up VCR command and a brand reply transaction is used to provide information to configure the controller with brands and model of the VCRs. A program event code command and a program event timer reply transaction provide for the automatic recording of a program event based on an event code listed in a television schedule. A channel map command and a reply transaction provide for the downloading of the local cable system channel line up into the controller.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS[received by the International Bureau on 19 May 1994 (19.05.94); original claims 1, 2 and 5 amended; remaining claims unchanged (2 pages)]
1. An auxiliary device interface for a subscriber terminal of a subscription television service which allows communication to or from , or control of or by, at least one auxiliary device, said device interface comprising: a transmitter included in the subscriber terminal for sending at least one of data, control, and status information over a transmit conductor in a predetermined communication protocol to said at least one auxiliary device; a receiver included in said subscriber terminal for receiving at least one of data, control, or instruction over a receive conductor in said communication protocol from said at least one auxiliary device; an interface bus including at least a transmit conductor, a receive conductor, and a ground conductor; a receiver included in each of said at least one auxiliary device for receiving transactions sent from the subscriber terminal over said transmit conductor; and a transmitter included in each of said at least one auxiliary device for transmitting at least one of data, control or instruction in said communication protocol over the receive conductor.
2. An apparatus for automatically recording a program event broadcast over a subscription television system, said apparatus comprising: a subscriber terminal adapted to selectively tune the program event at a broadcast time; a recording apparatus coupled to said subscriber terminal and adapted to record said selectively tuned program event; and a peripheral controller, communicating with said subscriber terminal via a peripheral interface, which is adapted to control said recording device; wherein said subscriber terminal generates a command to said peripheral controller at the broadcast time to begin recording the program event and a command after the program event to stop recording.
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3. An apparatus for automatically recording a program event as set forth in Claim
2, wherein: said recording apparatus is a video cassette recorder.
4. An apparatus for automatically recording a program event as set forth in Claim
3, wherein: said peripheral controller controls said video cassette recorder by means of an encoded infra-red transmission.
5. An apparatus for automatically recording a program event as set forth in Claim 2, wherein said subscriber terminal further includes: a controller for setting a program timer which generates an event start signal at the broadcast time of said program event and generates an event stop signal at the end of said program event; wherein said controller is responsive to said event start and stop signals, and causes said begin recording command and stop recording command to be transmitted to said peripheral controller.
STATEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 19
Responsive to the International Search Report mailed April 5, 1994, Applicant submits
herewith substitute pages 25-26, which should replace original pages 25-26 of the application.
In claim 1, the recitation of "a plurality of auxiliary devices" has been changed to -at least
one auxiliary device-. The "receiver" in paragraph three has been amended to be within the
subscriber terminal. In the penultimate paragraph of claim 1, "transmitter" has been replaced with
-receiver- to correct a typographical error. Finally, in the last paragraph of claim 1, "receiver"
has been replaced with -transmitter- to correct a typographical error. Further, "reply transaction" has been replaced with —instruction- for consistency within the claim.
In claim 2, -and- has been added at the end of paragraph three to place the claim in better grammatical form.
In claim 5, the dependency has been changed from claim 1 to claim 2. Further, the "means" recitations have been replaced by a structural recitation of a controller.
The above amendments were made to place the application in better form for international prosecution.
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AU56840/94A AU5684094A (en) 1992-12-01 1993-12-01 Auxiliary device control for a subscriber terminal
DE69331971T DE69331971T2 (en) 1992-12-01 1993-12-01 ADDITIONAL DEVICE CONTROL FOR A SUBSCRIBER TERMINAL
EP94902481A EP0672323B1 (en) 1992-12-01 1993-12-01 Auxiliary device control for a subscriber terminal

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