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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
British Telecommuncations Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Richard Thomas MacKenzie, London, GB;
Andrew James Garrett, London, GB;
Colin John Harrold, London, GB;
Michael Robert Fitch, London, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
Embodiments herein provide systems and methods for sending broadband data to end-users over a DTTV broadcast transmission. Systems and methods for receiving such data are also described. A wireless overlay system is set up by an Internet Service Provider/Communications Provider (ISP/CP)by means of receiving from end-user equipmentdata requests over a DSL uplink together with identification of at least one DTTV transmitter. The ISP/CPprovides an overlay controllerwhich causes routing of the requested data over a selected DTTV transmitter. At the end-user equipment, the requested data can be received from the DTTV broadcast and extracted for output.