Patent ID: 7526791
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In an interactive broadband set-top box receiving broadband signals from a headend, apparatus within a single IC chip to facilitate communications with an installed card within said set-top box, said apparatus comprising: a broadband digital signal processing module (BDSPM) residing on said single IC chip to process said broadband signals; and a PC-card/POD interface module (PPIM) residing on said single IC chip and interfacing to said BDSPM and capable of being configured to operate in a PCMCIA PC-card mode and a POD mode, along with said BDSPM, in order to communicate with said installed card by multiplexing PC card signals or POD-compatible signals to said installed card, wherein said PC-card/POD interface module is operable to: