Patent ID: 7636931

Claim:
An interactive TV device, comprising: an input, the input being configured to accept a plurality of input streams from a corresponding plurality of input connections an input multiplexer coupled to the input; an output, time output being configured to selectively output a plurality of output streams; an output multiplexer coupled to the output; a first digital bus coupled between the input and output multiplexers, the first digital bus being uninterrupted between the input and time output multiplexers such that a digital signal presented at the input multiplexer is carried unchanged over the first digital bus to the output multiplexer; an analog bus connected between the input and the output multiplexers, the analog bus being separate from the first digital bus and including a video signal decoder coupled to the input multiplexer and a video signal encoder coupled to the output multiplexer, and a graphics processing assembly coupled to time first digital bus and to time analog bus.