Convergence Terminal Merging Set Top Box and Home Gateway
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home gateway and set top box systems operate independently, requiring multiple service terminals and frequent user interactions for different services, such as internet access and digital television, leading to increased operational complexity.
Innovation Solution
A convergence terminal with a main control board that connects to both a set top box unit for television services and a home gateway unit for internet access, using interconnection buses to manage and control both services through a single interface, allowing for unified service provision.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a home gateway and a set top box each have an independent access software platform operating system, then each service can operate independently, but the consumer needs to use a plurality of different service terminals and perform frequent independent operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the home gateway and set top box into a single convergence terminal that provides both television service and Internet access service through unified hardware and software platforms, eliminating the need for consumers to separately operate multiple independent service terminals
Solution Approach 2:
The convergence terminal is designed with multi-functional capabilities, allowing a single device to perform both television broadcasting reception and Internet access functions, thereby reducing the number of service terminals consumers need to use
2Reliability
If a home gateway and a set top box each have an independent access software platform operating system, then each service can operate independently, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent service terminals (home gateway and set top box) into a single convergence terminal with integrated hardware and software, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining service functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The convergence terminal is designed as a universal device that can provide multiple services (television and Internet access) through a single platform, eliminating the need for multiple specialized terminals
Data Source
AI summary
A convergence terminal, including a set top box unit, a home gateway unit, a main control board and an interconnection backplane, where the main control board establishes a communication connection with each of a multimedia device and an Internet access device, the main control board connects, in a communication manner, to each of the set top box unit and the home gateway unit through the interconnection backplane. In the present invention, an objective of implementing that a television service and an Internet access service are separately provided through a service terminal is achieved, thereby reducing the number of service terminals used by a user for enjoying different services, and also reducing frequent wiring operations of the user on connection wires for inward connection and outward connection.