Backup Communication Modes
OwnerPeter Briggsinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel, determining that the first type of data is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel, and responsive to determining that the first type of data is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel, receiving the first type of data over a second type of communication channel.
Claims12
A method implemented by a television set-top terminal, comprising the steps of:
- receiving program guide information over a first type of communication channel;
- determining that program guide information is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel;
- and
- responsive to determining that program guide information is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel, receiving program guide information over a second type of communication channel.
A method implemented by a television set-top terminal, comprising the steps of:
- receiving program guide information over a first type of communication channel;
- determining that the first type of communication channel is subsequently not functional;
- and
- responsive to determining that the first type of communication channel is subsequently not functional, receiving program guide information over a second type of communication channel.
A television set-top terminal, comprising:
- a first receiving component configured to receive program guide information over a first type of communication channel;
- a first determining component configured to determine that program guide information is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel;
- and
- a second receiving component configured to, responsive to determining that program guide information is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel, receive program guide information over a second type of communication channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.