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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:
Sep. 05, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2007
Applicants:

Hoang D. Pham, Westminster, CA (US);

Jeanet C. Mika, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Daniel M. Miner, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Douglas E. Ribordy, Emeryville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hoang D. Pham, Westminster, CA (US);

Jeanet C. Mika, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Daniel M. Miner, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Douglas E. Ribordy, Emeryville, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17336 (2013.01); H04N 21/2221 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01); H04N 21/6175 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for operating the same includes an IP network, a remote facility and a local collection facility in communication with the local collection facility through the IP network. The local collection facility receives local channel signals at a local collection facility and encodes the local channel signals into respective IP signals. The local collection facility includes a router routing the respective IP signals through an IP network to a remote facility.


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