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Patent No.:

US 8499327 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2007
Applicants:

Joe Derham, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Don Ahrens, Roslyn, PA (US);

Scott Sellers, Quakertown, PA (US);

Inventors:

Joe Derham, Coopersburg, PA (US);

Don Ahrens, Roslyn, PA (US);

Scott Sellers, Quakertown, PA (US);

Assignee:

General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A set top terminal is provided that includes a receiver having at least one tuner for receiving programming content over a content delivery system and a processor operatively associated with the receiver. The set top terminal also includes a switched digital video (SDV) application module operatively associated with the processor. The SDV application module is configured to perform an autodiscovery process by tuning to prescribed autodiscovery frequencies received by the tuner while the SDV application module is being initialized.


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Derham, Joe. (2013). Set top terminal performing service group number autodiscovery during initialization or boot-up process (U.S. Patent No. 8499327). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8499327

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