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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Ovidiu Octavian Popa, Richmond Hill, CA;
Wayne Scrivens, Newmarket, CA;
Alexander Ishankov, Toronto, CA;
Alan Dagenais, Stouffville, CA;
Tim Dinesen, Scugog, CA;
Peter Marusich, Burlington, CA;
Ovidiu Octavian Popa, Richmond Hill, CA;
Wayne Scrivens, Newmarket, CA;
Alexander Ishankov, Toronto, CA;
Alan Dagenais, Stouffville, CA;
Tim Dinesen, Scugog, CA;
Peter Marusich, Burlington, CA;
BCE Inc., Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A communications system and method involving a set top box (STB) and a channel stacking switch (CSS). The STB comprises a communications interface configured to issue a request for a user band, the request identifying the STB and further configured to receive a message identifying an assigned user band; and a tuning element configured to tune to the assigned user band in response to receipt of the message. The CSS comprises a communications interface configured to receive the request for a user band identifying the STB; a memory; and a processing entity configured to access the memory to identify a particular user band that is available for the STB and to assign the particular user band to the STB; wherein the communications interface is further configured to issue to the STB a message identifying the particular user band assigned to the STB.