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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Ibiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Marek Milbar, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Ashruf El-Dinary, Clarksville, MD (US);
Jeffrey R. Detweiler, Ellicott City, MD (US);
iBiquity Digital Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Abstract
A translator includes: an input configured to receive a bit stream having a plurality of digitally encoded contents and control information; processing circuitry configured to select one of the digitally encoded contents, to use the selected digitally encoded content to produce an analog modulated signal, to use the digitally encoded contents to produce a digitally modulated signal, and to combine the analog modulated signal and the digitally modulated signal to produce a hybrid signal; and an output configured to output the hybrid signal. A method performed by the radio signal translator is also provided.