Patent ID: 9641890
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of transporting video signals, comprising: receiving a media signal in a radio frequency (RF) format, the RF format media signal delivered over the air to a nonselective recipient set of subscribers and non-subscribers based on a broadcast range with no distinction of recipients; identifying a digital transport format corresponding to a subscriber in the nonselective recipient set of subscribers and non-subscribers based on a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) format that a rendering device of the subscriber is capable of receiving; identifying, using a directory service, a codec for converting the received media signal to the identified digital transport format expected by the rendering device; receiving metadata indicative of the received media signal; translating the received metadata into a content directory service (CDS) for the digital transport format, the content directory service identifying corresponding fields for rendering the received media signal from the digital transport format; and converting the received media signal into the digital transport format using the identified codec.