| US 7,555,012 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for programming blackout and retune | ||
| Gordon Kent Walker, Poway, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 04, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/122,493. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/568182, filed on May 04, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/664452, filed on Mar. 22, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0251843 A1, Nov. 10, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04J 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—486 [725/36] | 24 Claims |

| 1. A method for blackout and retune distribution comprising:
receiving a first multiplexed feed comprising a blacked out feed and a local service feed;
receiving a second multiplexed feed, the second multiplexed feed comprising the local service feed that has been requantized;
and,
combining the blacked out feed with the requantized local service feed for transmission as a part of an aggregate local outbound
feed.
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