Patent ID: 9049473
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing a first device node for a first tuner and a second device node for a second tuner within a receiving device; configuring a playback device module associated with a multiplexer for a first virtual multiplexer channel and a second virtual multiplexer channel of a single hardware channel; generating a first tuner signal; generating a second tuner signal; communicating the first tuner signal to the playback device with a first packet identifier associated with the first virtual multiplexer channel; communicating the second tuner signal to the playback device with a second packet identifier associated with the second virtual multiplexer channel; communicating the first tuner signal from the playback device through the first virtual multiplexer channel to a first destination in response to the first packet identifier; and communicating the second tuner signal from the playback device through the second virtual multiplexer channel to a second destination in response to the second packet identifier.