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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Brad Medford, Austin, TX (US);
Debra Phillips, Austin, TX (US);
Vernon Daniel Reed, Austin, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to broadcast advanced television system committee (ATSC) video in switched digital video (SDV) systems. An example SDV broadcast method includes accessing an instruction to de-multiplex at least one of a plurality of multiple program transport streams, the instruction identifying a first program stream of the plurality of program streams for inclusion and a second program stream of the plurality of program streams for exclusion based on a rating region table (RRT). The plurality of program streams are de-multiplexed according to the instruction.