Thomson Licensing

Thomson Licensing S.a.

Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings

Michael Francis Barry

Mickey J Hunt

Darin Bradley Ritter

Kevin Michael Williams

William Philip Dernier

Randy Wayne Craig

Julianne Luna So

Terry Wayne Lockridge

Daniel Thomas Wetzel

An antenna bracket for electronic devices includes a solid bracket having an aperture formed therethrough. The solid antenna bracket has side walls that are rounded to a predetermined radius, and at least one antenna pocket positioned on said side walls. The antenna pocket receives and secures at least one antenna. The antenna bracket has a polygon shape that follows the contours of the electronic device housing.

Vertical electronic device with solid antenna bracket

A method and apparatus for ensuring a correct satellite signal connection. Specifically, a user selects a satellite signal via an integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) from at least one satellite, and the IRD sends a command signal to a selector switch to acquire and lock onto said satellite signal. The IRD repeats transmission of the command signal to the selector switch once the IRD has acquired and locked onto said information signal. Thus, in the event that the selector switch failed to switch to a low noise block converter (LNB) corresponding to the initial command signal, then the repeated command signal helps to ensure that the selector switch switches to the LNB corresponding with the latest command signal sent by the IRD.

Method and apparatus for selecting a satellite signal

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Fishers, IN, United States of America

Michael Francis Barry