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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Jordan Du Val, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Herbert Kniess, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jordan Du Val, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Herbert Kniess, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Meld Technology Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A simple antenna is connected to the RF input port on a conventional digital TV to receive video content from a plurality of video content sources wirelessly. The wireless RF transmission by a local transmitter has a range generally limited to within a home or room. The low power RF transmission is on a carrier frequency that is legally authorized by the FCC in frequency and power level. To identify the open channels for the RF transmission, a tuner scans for weak channels, and the transmitter is tuned to transmit on the detected weak channels.