Multi-Service Endpoint Device Integrating Voice and IPTV
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Solution Overview
Problem
IPTV subscribers are interrupted when receiving incoming calls or messages while watching TV, as there is no integration between IPTV services and various telephone and data services, requiring them to pause or mute the TV to attend to these communications.
Innovation Solution
A multi-service endpoint device integrates voice and data services with IPTV through a TV console, allowing users to manage incoming and outgoing calls, as well as text messaging, using a remote control or wireless keyboard, connecting to multiple networks including PSTN, VoIP, and cellular services, and displaying caller information and options on the TV screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the subscriber answers a phone call while watching TV, then the communication is handled, but the TV experience is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges voice service and data service features with IPTV service by integrating multiple network connections through a single multi-service endpoint device. The system combines telephone services (cellular, PSTN, VoIP) with IPTV in one unified interface, allowing communication handling without leaving the TV environment. This integration enables the subscriber to manage calls while maintaining TV viewing through coordinated control of multiple services through one device.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-service endpoint device performs multiple functions by supporting both IPTV and various telephone services simultaneously. The device acts as a universal interface that handles video streaming, voice calls, and data communications through a single system, eliminating the need for separate devices and allowing all services to operate concurrently without interruption to the subscriber's experience.
2Device complexity
If the subscriber uses a single device for both IPTV and telephone services, then device complexity is reduced, but service integration difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a multi-service endpoint device as an intermediary that mediates between multiple networks (IPTV, cellular, PSTN, VoIP) and the subscriber. This intermediary device provides a unified interface that simplifies service integration by handling protocol conversion, signal routing, and coordinate control between different service types, making the integration process manageable despite the diversity of underlying networks.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus that enable the use of a multi-service endpoint device to integrate features and functions of voice and/or data services with IPTV service through a TV console are disclosed. For example, the method connects a multi-service endpoint device (MSED) to a plurality of networks, where at least one of the plurality of networks provides a voice service, and where at least one of the plurality of networks provides an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. The method then integrates the voice service with the IPTV service using the MSED.