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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:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2013
Applicant:

Global Invacom Ltd., Stevenage, Hertfordshire, GB;

Inventors:

Gary Stafford, Stevenage, GB;

Graham Leach, Stevenage, GB;

Ian Watson, Stevenage, GB;

Assignee:

Global Invacom Ltd., Stevenage, Hertfordshire, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04H 20/63 (2008.01); H04H 40/90 (2008.01); H03D 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H03D 7/163 (2013.01); H03D 7/165 (2013.01); H04H 20/63 (2013.01); H04H 40/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided an apparatus and a method for the receipt and processing of data signals carried in a plurality of predefined frequency bands and allowing a frequency band required at an instant of time to be selected from the predefined frequency bands from which data is to be retrieved. Passing the data signals from the wanted band to a transmitter and/or receiver including first and second mixing means to process the data signals, typically using in-phase and quadrative data feeds to create a predefined representation of the wanted frequency band, to provide an output for receipt by at least one broadcast data receiver and at least the transmitter and/or receiver is provided as part of an integrated circuit rather than as separate connected components.


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