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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2019
Dish Network L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);
Alistair Chatwin, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
William Michael Beals, Englewood, CO (US);
DISH NETWORK L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed toward locally generating a replacement spot beam signal to be combined with other orbital television signals, where the replacement spot beam signal is generated from locally received over-the-air television signals. Over-the-air television signals are received at a user's premises via an over-the-air antenna and orbital signals are received at the user's premises via a satellite antenna. The orbital signals include a spot beam signal and other orbital signals. The spot beam signal is specifically generated for the geographical area associated with the over-the-air television signals. One or more available local channels are extracted from the over-the-air television signals and are converted into the replacement spot beam signal that is a satellite-compatible signal. The replacement spot beam, instead of the original spot beam signal, is then combined with the other orbital signals and provided to a content receiver.