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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2007
Darren M. St. Laurent, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Daniel M. Miner, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
David T. Boltz, La Mirada, CA (US);
Carl D. Ostrom, Nevada City, CA (US);
Mitchell B. Wasden, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Darren M. St. Laurent, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Daniel M. Miner, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
David T. Boltz, La Mirada, CA (US);
Carl D. Ostrom, Nevada City, CA (US);
Mitchell B. Wasden, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method suitable for processing television signals includes a local collection facility that has a primary receiver and a primary encoder forming a broadcast signal in response to a first channel signal received at the receiver. The system also includes a remote facility having a monitoring system monitoring the local collection facility at the remote facility. A back-up receiver at the local facility tuning to the first channel, generating a back-up receiver signal for the first channel and communicating the back-up receiver signal to the remote facility from the local collection facility. The monitoring system displays the back-up receiver signal. The remote facility switches the broadcast signal to correspond to the back-up receiver signal.