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
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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.