What is claimed is:
1. A system for delivering and receiving information, the system comprising:
a presentation device for presenting the information to a user and for receiving embedded data, the presentation device including a data port for providing the embedded data to an external printer upon command and a command port for receiving commands; and
a remote control unit including a transmitter for providing the commands to the presentation device and input means for receiving control signals from the user, wherein, upon reception of a print control signal from the user, the remote control unit transmits a print command to the presentation device, in response to which the embedded data related to the information is provided to the data port for printing.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information is a transport stream, the transport stream comprising at least one of:
audio streams,
video streams, and
embedded data streams.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the presentation device includes:
a set-top receiver for receiving the transport stream; and
a television for presenting at least the video and audio streams, if included in the transport stream.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the transport stream is an MPEG transport stream.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the MPEG transport stream includes MPEG tables, wherein the MPEG tables include packet identifiers identifying the audio streams, the video streams, and embedded data streams.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote control unit is a wireless infrared keyboard having a print button function.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote control unit is an infrared remote control having a print button function.
8. The system of claim 2, wherein the system is a broadband cable television system.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the broadband cable television system further comprises:
a headend for generating the transport stream from multiple input sources; and
a distribution system for delivering the transport stream to the presentation device.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the distribution system is one of an optical fiber network, a coaxial cable network, a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, a satellite system, an off-air VHFUHF network, and a direct broadcast system.
11. A broadband communications system for transmitting and receiving transport streams over a distribution system, wherein the transport stream includes video streams, audio streams, and embedded data streams, the broadband communications system comprising:
a headend for generating the transport stream from multiple input sources;
a distribution system for delivering the transport stream;
a presentation device for presenting at least a portion of the transport stream to a user and for receiving the embedded data, the presentation device including a data port for providing the embedded data to an external printer upon command and a command port for receiving commands; and
a remote control unit including a transmitter for providing the commands to the presentation device and input means for receiving control signals from the user, wherein, upon reception of a print control signal from the user, the remote control unit transmits a print command to the presentation device, in response to which the embedded data related to the transport stream is provided to the data port for printing.
12. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the presentation device includes:
a set-top receiver for receiving video, audio, and embedded data streams; and
a television for presenting the video and audio streams.
13. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the transport stream is an MPEG transport stream.
14. The broadband communications system of claim 13, wherein the MPEG transport stream includes MPEG tables, wherein the MPEG tables include packet identifiers identifying the audio streams, the video streams, and embedded data streams.
15. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the remote control unit is an infrared remote control having a print button.
16. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the remote control unit is an infrared keyboard having a print button.
17. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the distribution system is one of an optical fiber network, a coaxial cable network, a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, a satellite system, an off-air VHFUHF network, and a direct broadcast system.
18. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the embedded data is not provided to the user.
19. The broadband communications system of claim 11, wherein the embedded data is provided to the user.
20. The broadband communications system of claim 19, wherein the embedded data is an HTML file.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A lock control method comprising:
a remote controller sending an activate signal via a first channel by using a telecommunication technology;
an access control terminal activating an authorization process when receiving the activate signal via the first channel;
the remote controller sending a set of control signals sequentially to the access control terminal via a set of second channels by using the telecommunication technology;
the access control terminal receiving the set of control signals via the set of second channels; and
the access control terminal unlocking a switch andor a lock when the set of control signals is verified by the authorization process to be consistent with a predetermined rule;
wherein the first channel is different from the set of second channels.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each control signal of the set of control signals comprises a rolling code generated by the remote controller by time, and the access control terminal unlocking a switch andor a lock when the set of control signals is verified by the authorization process to be consistent with a predetermined rule is:
the access control terminal unlocking the switch andor the lock when the rolling codes of the set of control signals are verified by the authorization process to be consistent with a predetermined rule.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first channel and the set of second channels are recorded in the remote controller and the access control terminal in advance.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the access control terminal activating the authorization process when receiving the activate signal via the first channel is:
the access control terminal turning on a signal process unit and activating the authorization process of the signal process unit when receiving the activate signal via the first channel.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the telecommunication technology is:
an infra-red technology, a radio frequency technology, a near field communication technology, a Wi-Fi technology, a Zigbee technology, a UHF radio technology, an internet network technology, an email technology, a browser interactive interface technology, an instant messaging (IM) technology, andor a mobile phone texting technology.
6. A lock control method, comprising:
a remote controller selecting a first channel by a first channel selector according to time so as to send an activate signal via the first channel by using a telecommunication technology;
an access control terminal selecting the first channel by a second channel selector according to time so as to receive the activate signal via the first channel;
the access control terminal activating an authorization process when receiving the activate signal via the first channel;
the remote controller selecting a set of second channels by the first channel selector according to time so as to send a set of control signals sequentially to the access control terminal via the set of second channels;
the access control terminal selecting the set of second channels by the second channel selector according to time so as to receive the set of control signals sequentially via the set of second channels; and
the access control terminal unlocking a switch andor a lock when the set of control signals is verified by the authorization process to be consistent with a predetermined rule.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first channel selector and the second channel selector are synchronized with one another so that time measured by the first channel selector is synchronous with time measured by the second channel selector when selecting the first channel and the set of second channels.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein each control signal of the set of control signals comprises a rolling code generated by the remote controller by time, and the access control terminal unlocking a switch andor a lock when the set of control signals is verified by the authorization process to be consistent with a predetermined rule is:
the access control terminal unlocking the switch andor the lock when the rolling codes included in the set of control signals are verified by the authorization process to be consistent with a predetermined rule.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the access control terminal activating the authorization process when receiving the activate signal via the first channel is:
the access control terminal turning on a signal process unit and activating the authorization process of the signal process unit when receiving the activate signal via the first channel.
10. The method of claim 6, the telecommunication technology is:
an infra-red technology, a radio frequency technology, a near field communication technology, a Wi-Fi technology, a Zigbee technology, a UHF radio technology, an internet network technology, an email technology, a browser interactive interface technology, an instant messaging (IM) technology, andor a mobile phone texting technology.
11. A lock control method, comprising:
a remote controller sending an activate signal via a first channel by using a telecommunication technology;
an access control terminal activating an authorization process when receiving the activate signal via the first channel;
the access control terminal sending a rolling code key to the remote controller via a second channel;
the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in a rolling code generator so as to generate a rolling code by the rolling code generator;
the remote controller sending a control signal including the rolling code to the access control terminal via a third channel by using the telecommunication technology;
the access control terminal receiving the control signal via the third channel by using the telecommunication technology; and
the access control terminal unlocking a switch andor a lock when the control signal and the rolling code are verified by the authorization process to be consistent with a predetermined rule.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in the rolling code generator of the remote control module so as to generate the rolling code by the rolling code generator is:
the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in the rolling code generator of the remote control module so as to generate the rolling code according to time and the rolling code key.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the access control terminal activating the authorization process when receiving the activate signal via the first channel is:
the access control terminal turning on a signal process unit and activating the authorization process of the signal process unit when receiving the activate signal via the first channel.
14. A lock control method, comprising:
a remote control module sending an activate signal via a first channel by using a telecommunication technology;
an access control terminal activating an authorization process when receiving the activate signal via the first channel;
the access control terminal sending a rolling code key to a remote controller of the remote control module via a second channel by using the telecommunication technology;
the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in a rolling code generator of the remote control module so as to generate a rolling code by the rolling code generator;
a signal transmitter of the remote control module sending a control signal including the rolling code to the access control terminal via a third channel by using the telecommunication technology;
the access control terminal receiving the control signal via the third channel by using the telecommunication technology; and
the access control terminal unlocking a switch andor a lock when the control signal and the rolling code are verified by the authorization process to be consistent with a predetermined rule.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the remote control module sending the activate signal via the first channel by using the telecommunication technology is:
the remote controller of the remote control module sending the activate signal via the first channel by using the telecommunication technology.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the remote control module sending the activate signal via the first channel by using the telecommunication technology is:
the remote controller of the remote control module informing the signal transmitter of the remote control module via a fourth channel to send the activate signal via the first channel by using the telecommunication technology.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in the rolling code generator of the remote control module so as to generate the rolling code by the rolling code generator is:
the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in the rolling code generator of the remote controller so as to generate the rolling code by the rolling code generator; and
the remote controller sending the rolling code to the signal transmitter via a fourth channel.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in the rolling code generator of the remote control module so as to generate the rolling code by the rolling code generator is:
the remote controller sending the rolling code key to the signal transmitter via a fourth channel; and
the rolling code generator of the signal transmitter generating the rolling code according to the rolling code key.
19. The method of claim 14, wherein the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in a rolling code generator of the remote control module so as to generate a rolling code by the rolling code generator is:
the remote controller inputting the rolling code key in a rolling code generator of the remote control module so as to generate a rolling code according to time and the rolling code key.
20. The method of claim 14, wherein the access control terminal activating the authorization process when receiving the activate signal via the first channel is:
the access control terminal turning on a signal process unit and activating the authorization process of the signal process unit when receiving the activate signal via the first channel.