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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2004
Tim Regan, Cambridge, GB;
Pablo Rodriguez, Cambridge, GB;
Ken Wood, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for data broadcasting and power management techniques for data broadcast receiving devices are disclosed. A data broadcast receiving device receives a broadcast schedule from a data broadcast server and correlates the broadcast schedule with profile information in the data broadcast receiving device to determine a schedule for activating a receiver module in the data broadcast receiving device. The receiver is activated in accordance with the schedule. The broadcast schedule may include a content identifier that identifies content associated with a specific broadcast schedule. A data broadcast may include metadata that identifies the content of the broadcast. The receiver may use the content identifier and the metadata to determine whether the broadcast data corresponds to the data scheduled for broadcast, and may implement an error routine in the event that there is not a correspondence.