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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2009
Applicants:

Mingquan Wu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Hang Liu, Yardley, PA (US);

Ishan Mandrekar, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Ramkumar Perumanam, Edison, NJ (US);

Saurabh Mathur, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Mingquan Wu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Hang Liu, Yardley, PA (US);

Ishan Mandrekar, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Ramkumar Perumanam, Edison, NJ (US);

Saurabh Mathur, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0486 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus are described including categorizing each channel into one of four categories, selecting a channel from a first category of channels, if there are any channels in the first category of channels, selecting a channel from a second category of channels, if there are any channels in the second category of channels and selecting a channel from a third category of channels, if there are any channels in the third category of channels.


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