| US 7,613,465 B2 | ||
| Systems and methods for determining feasibility of communication spectrum maximization | ||
| Ronald A. Unkefer, Dallas, Tex. (US); Gary Marlin Lawrence, Dallas, Tex. (US); William Roland Hieatt, III, Richardson, Tex. (US); Harold A. Rose, Dallas, Tex. (US); Neil Jennings Keon, Dallas, Tex. (US); and Joakim Kalvenes, Dallas, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Media Technology Ventures, LLC, Dallas, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 22, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/690,023. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/785337, filed on Mar. 23, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0225007 A1, Sep. 27, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—452.2 [455/450; 455/423; 455/452.1; 455/435.3] | 2 Claims |

| 1. A computerized method of improving the coverage of a target area by an existing radio transmitter, the method comprising:
creating with one or more computer processors multiple potential alternative locations for an existing radio transmitter wherein
the existing radio transmitter comprises at least one of the group consisting of: an AM radio transmitter, an FM radio transmitter
and a television transmitter;
analyzing potential changes in a signal coverage of a target area associated with the potential alternative locations based
on predictions of changes in the existing radio transmitter associated with the potential alternative locations;
testing whether the feasibility of the potential alternative locations by automatically accessing with one or more computer
processors a database of FCC rules wherein testing whether the potential alternative locations are feasible comprises:
determining spacings between the existing radio transmitter and at least one of multiple other existing radio transmitters,
wherein the existing radio transmitter and the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters form a broadcast
pair;
comparing each spacing with a distance; and
determining potential alternative locations that are feasible when the spacings are greater than the distance;
wherein if the potential alternative locations are infeasible due to interference from the at least one of the multiple other
existing radio transmitters, the method further comprising analyzing one or more potential alternative locations, potential
alternative channels, potential alternative frequencies, and potential alternative classes of the at least one of the multiple
other existing radio transmitters to potentially remove the interference;
scoring the potential alternative locations that are determined to be feasible;
determining a feasibility of potential alternative locations for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters;
determining the feasibility of potential alternative channels and potential alternative frequencies for the at least one of
the multiple other existing radio transmitters;
determining the feasibility of potential alternative classes for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters;
determining the feasibility of potential alternative classes at each potential alternative location for the at least one of
the multiple other existing radio transmitters;
determining the feasibility of potential alternative channels and potential alternative frequencies at each potential alternative
location for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters;
determining the feasibility of potential alternative classes at each potential alternative channel and potential alternative
frequency for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters;
determining the feasibility of each potential alternative class and each potential alternative each potential alternative
frequency at each potential alternative location for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters;
scoring the potential alternative locations, the potential alternative classes, the potential alternative channels and the
potential alternative frequencies of the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; and
ranking the potential alternative locations, the potential alternative classes, the potential alternative channels and the
potential alternative frequencies of the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters based on the scoring
of potential alternative locations, the potential alternative classes, the potential alternative channels and the potential
alternative frequencies.
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