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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Michael Grannan, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Michael Grannan, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving on a control channel signaling software for scanning portions of a television spectrum, where the control channel operates in a portion of the television spectrum. The method further includes scanning for services operating in the television spectrum according to the received signaling software, detecting one or more services operating in the television spectrum, and selecting a service of the detected one or more services operating in the television spectrum. Other embodiments are disclosed.