METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QAM TUNER SHARING BETWEEN DTV-PVR AND CABLE-MODEM APPLICATIONS - Patent 1354473

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EP 1 354 473 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	22.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/43

(21)	Application number: 02732122.3

(22)	Date of filing: 04.01.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04N 5/44, H04N 5/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB0200/030

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0205/8382 (25.07.2002 Gazette 2002/30)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

18.01.2001 GB 0101338
19.01.2001 US 262936 P

(71)	Applicant: NDS Limited
	Staines,Middlesex TW18 4EX (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	NOGUES, Thomas Middlesex,Twickenham TW1 1AG (GB)

(74)	Representative: White, Duncan Rohan
	Edward Evans BarkerClifford's InnFetter Lane London EC4A 1BZ London EC4A 1BZ (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QAM TUNER SHARING BETWEEN DTV-PVR AND CABLE-MODEM APPLICATIONS