Patent ID: 9742882
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04H,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A system for transferring a plurality of data sources using a single data transfer stream comprising: a network operating center (NOC) including a centralized storage for the plurality of data sources; and an editing processor for editing the plurality of data sources; a communications link for transferring the edited plurality of data sources; a plurality of transmission servers communicated to the communication link; a packetizing and combining processor at each of the plurality of transmission servers for cyclically packetizing and combining the plurality of data sources into a single data transfer stream; and, a plurality of receiving units for receiving, transmitting and processing the single data transfer stream communicated to the packetizing and combining processor in each one of the plurality of transmission servers, the plurality of receiving units reversing the cyclic packetizing and combining performed in a corresponding one of the transmission servers, by selecting packets from a data package corresponding to a requested channel and reassembling these packets into a whole, original channel data enables fast channel switching in a corresponding one of the plurality of receiving units without any need to change a tuning or receiving frequency.