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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:

Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventors:

Manoj Kumar Das, Frisco, TX (US);

Perwaiz Akhtar, Aurora, CO (US);

MohammedYusuf M. Shaikh, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/4333 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for location based broadcast channel selection and update for mobile devices. The location based broadcast channel selection and update method includes determining a location of a mobile device. The location is checked against a current location area. A query is sent to a license server with the location if the location is beyond the current location area. A list of television broadcast channels associated with the location is sent by the license server and the received list of television broadcast channels are mapped against the current list of television broadcast channels. The mobile device is reconfigured with the mapped list of television broadcast channels.


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