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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. 26, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2013
Applicants:

Steven Charles Rhoads, Carmel, IN (US);

Douglas Paul Strachota, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Steven Charles Rhoads, Carmel, IN (US);

Douglas Paul Strachota, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

THOMSON Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04H 20/63 (2008.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/2383 (2011.01); H04N 21/2385 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 5/40 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04H 40/90 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/106 (2013.01); H04H 20/63 (2013.01); H04N 5/40 (2013.01); H04N 21/2143 (2013.01); H04N 21/2383 (2013.01); H04N 21/2385 (2013.01); H04N 21/41415 (2013.01); H04N 21/4302 (2013.01); H04N 21/4382 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/631 (2013.01); H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04H 40/90 (2013.01);
Abstract

Content distribution systems, methods and user interfaces are described wherein a modulator dynamically duplicates output of multiple channels, a plurality of receivers are individually tuned to one of the multiple channels, wherein a single transport stream can be sent on the multiple channels to each of the desired receivers and wherein the distribution can occur in multiple modes, and user interfaces which allow a manager of the content distribution system to dynamically change the channels on each receiver so that each of the receivers can be tuned to one of the multiple channels through the user interface.


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