Patent ID: 8418209
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: H04H,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile phone comprising: a converter tuned to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal for a television (TV) program in air, the converter including a TV antenna, a TV tuner, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a processing unit configured to produce data representing the TV program; a module executing in the mobile phone to receive the data, the module including a plurality of demodulators, each of the demodulators configured to demodulate one type of TV signals in accordance with a TV standard; and a processor configured to detect a TV standard according to which the TV program is being broadcast, and cause one of the demodulators to be activated to demodulate the data to produce an audio data stream and a video data stream, or download a corresponding demodulator to process the data when the corresponding demodulator has not been included in the plurality of demodulators.