Over-the-air programming integration with over the top streaming services
AssigneeSling Media, Inc.
InventorVikal Kumar Jain
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Abstract
Various arrangements for integrating over-the-air (OTA) television programming with streaming media are presented. An OTA integration module may request, from an OTA tuner device, a stream of an OTA television channel, wherein the OTA television channel is broadcast over a geographic region on the VHF band or UHF band. The OTA integration module may receive, from the OTA tuner device, the stream of the OTA television channel. The OTA integration module may provide, to a media presentation application, the stream of the OTA television channel. The media presentation application executed by the streaming media player device may output the steam of the OTA television channel for presentation.
Claims15
An integrated over-the-air (OTA) viewing system, comprising:
- a streaming media player device, comprising:
- a wireless network interface;
- a video output interface;
- one or more processors in communication with the wireless network interface and the video output interface, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions;
- an OTA integration module that provides a same set of application programming interfaces (APIs), irrespective of a type of OTA tuner device, to code modules of a media presentation application, wherein the OTA integration module is integrated as part of the media presentation application as a software development kit (SDK), configured to:
- receive, from a code module of the media presentation application, a standardized call for a stream of an OTA television channel;
- in response to the standardized call for the stream of the OTA television channel, request, from a first OTA tuner device connected directly with a local wireless network, the stream of the OTA television channel, wherein the OTA television channel is broadcast over a geographic region on the VHF band or UHF band;
- and
- receive, from the first OTA tuner device, the stream of the OTA television channel;
- and
- the media presentation application, wherein:
- the media presentation application is executed by the one or more processors of the streaming media player device;
- and
- the media presentation application receives streaming media via the wireless network interface and outputs the streaming media via the video output interface for presentation.
A method for integrating over-the-air (OTA) television programming with streaming media, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an OTA integration module, from a code module of a media presentation application, a standardized call for a stream of an OTA television channel;
- requesting, by the OTA integration module from a first OTA tuner device, via a local wireless network with which the first OTA tuner device is connected, the stream of the OTA television channel, wherein:
- a same set of application programming interfaces (APIs) irrespective of a type of OTA tuner device;
- the OTA integration module is integrated as part of the media presentation application as a software development kit (SDK);
- and
- the OTA television channel is broadcast over a geographic region on the VHF band or UHF band;
- receiving, by the OTA integration module from the first OTA tuner device, the stream of the OTA television channel;
- providing, by the OTA integration module to a media presentation application, the stream of the OTA television channel, wherein:
- the media presentation application is executed by a streaming media player device;
- and
- outputting, by the media presentation application executed by the streaming media player device, the stream of the OTA television channel for presentation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.