Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital cinema system hub for multiple exhibitor distribution
- Patent Title (中): 数字影院系统中心,为多家参展商发行
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Application No.: US10425325Application Date: 2003-04-29
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Publication No.: US07793323B2Publication Date: 2010-09-07
- Inventor: Mark L. Powell , David Confair , Michael David Repp
- Applicant: Mark L. Powell , David Confair , Michael David Repp
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Gates & Cooper LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/20
- IPC: H04N7/20

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for transmitting a media program comprising audiovisual data. The method comprises the steps of transmitting the audiovisual data from a ground center to a satellite; transponding the audiovisual data to a ground-based hub; and transmitting the audiovisual data from the ground-based hub to a display entity if the satellite is obscured from the display entity. The apparatus comprises a ground transmitter transmitting the audiovisual data from a ground center to a satellite; satellite for transponding the audiovisual data; and a ground-based hub, having a receiver for receiving the transponded audiovisual data and a hub transmitter for transmitting the audiovisual data from the ground-based hub to a display entity if the satellite is obscured from the display entity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030204851A1 Digital cinema system hub multiple exhibitor distribution Public/Granted day:2003-10-30
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