Patent ID: 8448212
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a storage buffer configured to store one or more received digital broadcast transmissions; a processor and memory storing executable instructions, that when executed, cause the apparatus to identify a signal type of the one or more received digital broadcast transmissions, wherein the signal type comprises one of a continuous transmission and a discontinuous transmission; and a rendering unit configured to render video content carried in the one or more digital broadcast transmissions based on the identified signal type of the transmissions, wherein the executable instructions, when executed, cause the apparatus to automatically reconfigure the rendering unit to be in a first configuration when the identified signal type is the discontinuous transmission and a second configuration different from the first configuration when the identified signal type is the continuous transmission, wherein, when in the first configuration, the rendering unit is configured to render the video content having a first visual quality. and when in the second configuration, the rendering unit is configured to render the video content having a second visual quality, the first visual quality being different than the second visual quality.