Patent ID: 7882269

Claim:
A system comprising: a network module, executed by a processor, to control extraction of information from a received signal broadcast in a first signal format, wherein the network module: controls extraction of information based, at least in part, on the network type and on information regarding the first signal format; configures at least a subset of a plurality of control nodes of one or more broadcast receiver drivers in accordance with a basic receiver topology for a network type via which the signal is received; provides a registration interface which can be accessed by each of the control nodes to identify themselves to the network module, monitors the received signal to detect a change in format of the received signal from the first signal format to a second signal format; and a broadcast receiver driver, coupled to receive control from the network module, including a plurality of control nodes, wherein each control node: performs a particular unique step of information extraction independent of what other steps other control are performing; registers with the network module by accessing the registration interface; and includes an interface via which the network module can configure the control node to adjust the control node specific to the particular unique step of the information extraction the control node is performing; and responsive to the network module detecting a change in format of the received signal from the first signal format, the network module configures an additional control node not previously utilized of the plurality of control nodes to extract information from the received signal broadcast in the second signal format.