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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2008
Joseph T Hayes, Torrance, CA (US);
Trang V Luu, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Mark T Takamoto, Pacoima, CA (US);
Jonathan L Tronson, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Gilbert Zaldivar, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Joseph T Hayes, Torrance, CA (US);
Trang V Luu, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Mark T Takamoto, Pacoima, CA (US);
Jonathan L Tronson, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Gilbert Zaldivar, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of swapping channels in a broadcast system includes a broadcast operation channel management system receiving broadcast operation channel swap data for a first station and a second station. The channel swap data comprises an effective date, a first station identifier and a first position and a second station identifier and a second position. A traffic scheduling system database communicates a first channel mapping data for a first channel to the broadcast operation channel management system. The traffic scheduling system database communicates a second channel mapping for a second channel to the broadcast operation channel management system. The broadcast operation channel updates the first channel mapping to form a first updated first channel mapping by setting a first end date of the first channel mapping to the effective date for the first station and communicating the first updated first channel mapping to the traffic scheduling database. The broadcast operation channel updating the second channel mapping to form a first updated second channel mapping by setting a second end date of the second channel mapping to the effective date for the first station and communicating the first updated second channel mapping to the traffic scheduling database. The broadcast operation channel forms a first new channel mapping for the first station with the effective date as the first start date and forms a second new channel mapping for the second station with the effective date as the second start date.