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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Gordon Kent Walker, Poway, CA (US);
Binita Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
Ralph A. Gholmieh, San Diego, CA (US);
Prasanna Kannan, San Diego, CA (US);
Gordon Kent Walker, Poway, CA (US);
Binita Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
Ralph A. Gholmieh, San Diego, CA (US);
Prasanna Kannan, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems simplify discovery and handoff for multi-frequency broadcast receiver devices, such as mobile TV devices, by providing a virtual home channel that is not dependent on a single frequency network upper layer. The methods and systems may be used in conjunction with a single frequency network upper layer to support areas without upper layer available, or to off load some portion of the common data bandwidth in the single frequency network. For example, the single frequency network may only carry frequency data for the multiple frequency network or only the frequency data for networks with comprehensive market metadata.