Smart OTA antenna

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, comprising:

• instructions for capturing, by an over the air (OTA) antenna of an OTA antenna system configured to receive OTA signals within an OTA frequency spectrum, OTA digital video signals corresponding to a plurality of OTA channels, each OTA channel being associated with a pre-determined broadcast frequency within the OTA frequency spectrum and carrying a content stream, wherein the OTA antenna system is configured to be positioned in or on a building and is communicably connected to a television or set-top-box;
• instructions for measuring individual channel signal strengths of the captured OTA digital video signals corresponding to a subset of OTA channels of the plurality of OTA channels, each of the individual channel signal strengths of the subset of OTA channels being indicative of reception quality of the corresponding content stream;
• instructions for comparing, for each of the subset of OTA channels, the measured channel signal strength to a corresponding predetermined minimum channel signal strength;
• instructions for detecting a measured channel signal strength, of the measured channel signal strengths, that is lower than a predetermined minimum channel signal strength, of the corresponding predetermined minimum channel signal strengths, for a first OTA channel of the subset of OTA channels, the first OTA channel being associated with a first pre-determined broadcast frequency within the OTA frequency spectrum and carrying a first content stream;
• instructions for:
• responsive to said detecting that the measured channel signal strength of the first OTA channel is lower than the predetermined minimum channel signal strength, autonomously determining, by the OTA antenna system, an adjustment command to adjust the OTA antenna by iteratively:
• causing the OTA antenna to automatically adjust its placement by adjusting at least one of a position of the OTA antenna, an angle of the OTA antenna, or a direction of the OTA antenna,
• recapturing an OTA digital video signal corresponding to the first OTA channel associated with the first pre-determined broadcast frequency,
• remeasuring a channel signal strength of the recaptured OTA digital video signal corresponding to the first OTA channel associated with the first pre-determined broadcast frequency, the channel signal strength of the first OTA channel being indicative of reception quality of the first content stream, and
• comparing the remeasured channel signal strength, until the remeasured channel signal strength is greater than or equal to the predetermined minimum channel signal strength;
• and
• instructions for transmitting the recaptured OTA digital video signal corresponding to the first content stream carried by the first OTA channel to the television or set-top-box.

A smart over the air (OTA) antenna system, comprising:

• an over the air (OTA) antenna, wherein the OTA antenna system is configured to be positioned in or on a building and is communicably connected to a television or set-top-box;
• a capturing module configured to capture, by the OTA antenna configured to receive OTA signals within an OTA frequency spectrum, OTA digital video signals corresponding to a plurality of over the air (OTA) channels, each OTA channel being associated with a pre-determined broadcast frequency within the OTA frequency spectrum and carrying a content stream;
• an intelligence processor configured to measure individual channel signal strengths of the captured OTA digital video signals corresponding to a subset of OTA channels of the plurality of OTA channels, each of the individual channel signal strengths of the subset of OTA channels being indicative of reception quality of the corresponding content stream;
• the intelligence processor further configured to compare, for each of the subset of OTA channels, the measured channel signal strength to a corresponding predetermined minimum channel signal strength;
• the intelligence processor further configured to detect a measured channel signal strength, of the measured channel signal strengths, that is lower than a predetermined minimum channel signal strength, of the corresponding predetermined minimum channel signal strengths, for a first OTA channel of the subset of OTA channels, the first OTA channel being associated with a first pre-determined broadcast frequency within the OTA frequency spectrum and carrying a first content stream;
• the intelligence processor further configured to, responsive to said detecting that the measured channel signal strength of the first OTA channel is lower than the predetermined minimum channel signal strength, autonomously determine an adjustment command to adjust the OTA antenna by iteratively:
• sending a command to an antenna control module to cause it to automatically adjust placement of the OTA antenna by adjusting at least one of a position of the OTA antenna, an angle of the OTA antenna, or a direction of the OTA antenna;
• causing the capturing module to recapture an OTA digital video signal corresponding to the first OTA channel associated with the first pre-determined broadcast frequency;
• remeasuring a channel signal strength of the recaptured OTA digital video signal corresponding to the first OTA channel associated with the first pre-determined broadcast frequency, the channel signal strength of the first OTA channel being indicative of reception quality of the first content stream;
• and comparing the remeasured channel signal strength, until the remeasured channel signal strength is greater than or equal to the predetermined minimum channel signal strength;
• and
• the intelligence processor further configured to transmit the recaptured OTA digital video signal corresponding to the first content stream carried by the first OTA channel to the television or set-top-box.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a control command, originated from an artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) component, to automatically adjust an OTA antenna of an OTA antenna system configured to receive OTA digital video signals within an OTA frequency spectrum, the OTA digital video signals corresponding to a plurality of over the air (OTA) channels, each OTA channel being associated with a pre-determined broadcast frequency within the OTA frequency spectrum and carrying a content stream, the control command based on learned user viewership patterns by the AI or ML component, wherein the OTA antenna system is positioned in or on a building and is communicably connected to a television or set-top-box;
• causing the OTA antenna to automatically adjust itself based on the control command to an OTA antenna placement;
• obtaining, from the AI or ML component, a subset OTA channels of the plurality of OTA channels;
• measuring a channel signal strength of an OTA digital video signal corresponding to a first OTA channel of the subset of OTA channels corresponding to the OTA antenna placement, the first OTA channel being associated with a first pre-determined broadcast frequency within the OTA frequency spectrum and carrying a first content stream, and the channel signal strength of the first OTA channel being indicative of reception quality of the first content stream;
• detecting the measured channel signal strength is lower than a predetermined minimum channel signal strength;
• responsive to detecting the measured channel signal strength is lower than the predetermined minimum channel signal strength, autonomously determining, by the OTA antenna system, an adjustment command to cause the OTA antenna to automatically adjust its placement by adjusting at least one of a position of the OTA antenna, an angle of the OTA antenna, or a direction of the OTA antenna;
• and
• capturing and transmitting an OTA digital video signal corresponding to the first content stream carried by the first OTA channel to a receiving device for presentation, wherein the receiving device is the television or the set-top-box.