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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2018
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Irwin Gerszberg, Kendall Park, NJ (US);
Farhad Barzegar, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Mitchell Harvey Fuchs, Toms River, NJ (US);
John Babu Medamana, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving decoded satellite signals, obtaining media channels from the decoded satellite signals, selecting a portion of the media channels for distribution to a plurality of media processors, encoding the portion of the media channels selected according to a satellite distribution protocol, such as a protocol that facilitates satellite switching, to generate satellite encoded content, formatting the satellite encoded content according to a transport protocol to generate formatted content, and providing the formatted content for distribution to the plurality of media processors via a communication network, such as a single wire communication network or other network. Other embodiments are disclosed.