Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-band on-channel broadcasting via mesh network
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Application No.: US14965636Application Date: 2015-12-10
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Publication No.: US09769770B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
- Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX San Antonio
- Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX San Antonio
- Agency: Garlick & Markison
- Agent Edward J. Marshall
- Main IPC: H04B1/18
- IPC: H04B1/18 ; H04W52/32 ; H04W72/00 ; H04W52/24 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
Digital content can be broadcast in a sideband of an analog broadcast channel using multiple digital in-band on-channel (IBOC) transceivers connected in a mesh configuration to form an IBOC mesh network. The digital IBOC transceivers are positioned at various geographic locations, so that unlike traditional “HD” radio broadcasts, the IBOC broadcast transmission is spread out over a wide area, using multiple low power digital IBOC transceivers rather than being broadcast from the same location as the analog signal. IBOC transmission power can be limited to a desired portion of the power used to broadcast the analog signal, based on measurements taken at the geographically distributed digital IBOC transceivers. The IBOC mesh network provides bi-directional communication between a mesh transceiver and a user device, and delivers user feedback received at one mesh transceiver to a feedback server by moving the user feedback through the IBOC mesh network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170171827A1 IN-BAND ON-CHANNEL BROADCASTING VIA MESH NETWORK Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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