# US 12,225,479 B1 · Transmission of feedback to edge transceiver via in-band on-channel (IBOC) mesh network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,479 B1 - Document ID: US12225479B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/609,158 - Filed: 2024-03-19 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-10 - Assignees: iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. - Applicants: iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. - Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225479B1 ## CPC - H04W 52/322: {Power control of broadcast channels} - H04W 52/16: Deriving transmission power values from another channel - H04W 52/24: using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters - H04W 52/283: {Power depending on the position of the mobile} - H04W 72/30: Resource management for broadcast services - H04W 52/143: {Downlink power control} - H04W 52/245: {taking into account received signal strength} - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A communications network includes a plurality of in-band on-channel (IBOC) transceivers coupled together in a mesh configuration to form a mesh network. The plurality of IBOC transceivers includes a first IBOC transceiver, a second IBOC transceiver, and an edge transceiver coupled to one or more of the plurality of IBOC transceivers. The edge transceiver is configured to transmit first broadcast content to the second IBOC transceiver via a communication path including the first IBOC transceiver; and receive feedback related to the first broadcast content, wherein the feedback is transmitted from a user device via a communication path that includes the second IBOC transceiver and the first IBOC transceiver. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communications network comprising: a plurality of in-band on-channel (IBOC) transceivers coupled together in a mesh configuration to form a mesh network, wherein the plurality of IBOC transceivers includes: a first IBOC transceiver; a second IBOC transceiver; an edge transceiver coupled to one or more of the plurality of IBOC transceivers, wherein the edge transceiver is configured to: transmit first broadcast content to the second IBOC transceiver via a communication path including the first IBOC transceiver; and receive feedback related to the first broadcast content, wherein the feedback is transmitted from a user device via a communication path that includes the second IBOC transceiver and the first IBOC transceiver. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communications network of claim 1, further comprising: a feedback server coupled to the edge transceiver via a second network external to the mesh network, wherein the feedback server is associated with a source of the first broadcast content for IBOC transmission; and the edge transceiver is configured to transmit the feedback to the feedback server. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The communications network of claim 1, wherein: the edge transceiver is further configured to transmit a message including the first broadcast content to the first IBOC transceiver, wherein the message includes an address indicating that the first broadcast content is intended for transmission by the second IBOC transceiver. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The communications network of claim 3, wherein: the edge transceiver is further configured to transmit a message including the first broadcast content to the first IBOC transceiver; and the first IBOC transceiver routes the first broadcast content to the second IBOC transceiver based on the address. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The communications network of claim 3, wherein: the edge transceiver is further configured to transmit a message including the first broadcast content to the first IBOC transceiver; and the first IBOC transceiver floods the first broadcast content to the plurality of IBOC transceivers. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The communications network of claim 1, wherein the edge transceiver is further configured to: transmit different broadcast content to different IBOC transceivers included in the mesh network based on identifiers associated with registered IBOC devices currently in communication with the different IBOC transceivers. ### Claim 7 A communications network comprising: an edge transceiver coupled to one or more of a plurality of in-band-on-channel (IBOC) transceivers coupled together in a mesh configuration to form a mesh network, wherein the edge transceiver is configured to: transmit first broadcast content to a second IBOC transceiver via a communication path including a first IBOC transceiver; and receive, from a user transceiver coupled to the communications network, feedback related to the first broadcast content via a communication path that includes the second IBOC transceiver and the first IBOC transceiver. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The communications network of claim 7, further comprising: a feedback server coupled to the edge transceiver via a second network external to the mesh network, wherein the feedback server is associated with a source of the first broadcast content for IBOC transmission; and the edge transceiver is configured to transmit the feedback to the feedback server. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The communications network of claim 7, wherein: the edge transceiver is further configured to transmit a message including the first broadcast content to the first IBOC transceiver, wherein the message includes an address indicating that the first broadcast content is intended for transmission by the second IBOC transceiver. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The communications network of claim 9, wherein: the edge transceiver is further configured to transmit a message including the first broadcast content to the first IBOC transceiver; and the first IBOC transceiver routes the first broadcast content to the second IBOC transceiver based on the address. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The communications network of claim 9, wherein: the edge transceiver is further configured to transmit a message including the first broadcast content to the first IBOC transceiver; and the first IBOC transceiver floods the first broadcast content to the plurality of IBOC transceivers. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The communications network of claim 7, wherein the edge transceiver is further configured to: transmit different broadcast content to different IBOC transceivers included in the mesh network based on identifiers associated with registered IBOC devices currently in communication with the different IBOC transceivers. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The communications network of claim 7, further comprising: a content distribution device coupled to the edge transceiver and configured to transmit the first broadcast content to the edge transceiver. ### Claim 14 A method for use in a communications network, the method comprising: receiving first broadcast content at an edge transceiver; transmitting the first broadcast content to a second in-band-on-channel (IBOC) transceiver included in a mesh network including a plurality of (IBOC) transceivers via a communication path including a first IBOC transceiver; and receiving at the edge transceiver, from a user transceiver coupled to the communications network, feedback related to the first broadcast content, the feedback received at the edge transceiver via a communication path that includes at least two IBOC transceivers of the plurality of IBOC transceivers. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: transmitting the feedback from the edge transceiver to a feedback server via a second network external to the mesh network. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: transmitting, to the first IBOC transceiver, an address indicating that the first broadcast content is to be broadcast by the second IBOC transceiver. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: routing the first broadcast content from the first IBOC transceiver to the second IBOC transceiver based on the address. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: flooding the first broadcast content from the first IBOC transceiver to the plurality of IBOC transceivers. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: transmitting different broadcast content to different IBOC transceivers included in the mesh network based on identifiers associated with registered IBOC devices currently in communication with the different IBOC transceivers. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: receiving the first broadcast content at the edge transceiver from a content distribution device coupled to the edge transceiver.