Patent ID: 9420214
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A television signal tuner device, comprising: a silicon tuner module included within an interior of a housing of the television signal tuner device, the silicon tuner module configured to receive a digital terrestrial television signal and output a digital bitstream, the digital bitstream including audio visual content in an encoded transport stream; a digital audio video connector exposed from an exterior of the housing of the television signal tuner device, the digital audio video connector configured to couple with an external connector port of a display device, the digital audio video connector configured to provide the digital bitstream to the display device according to a specification; and a processing module included within the interior of the housing of the television signal tuner device, the processing module configured to control the silicon tuner module in response to a device control command received from the display device via the digital audio video connector; wherein the television signal tuner device is external to the display device, and wherein the television signal tuner device is removably coupleable to the display device via coupling of the digital audio video connector with the external connector port of the display device; and wherein the encoded transport stream is a multiplexed Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) transport stream.