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US 2007/0186264 A1Published application
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.
Claims19
A method for receiving data comprising:
- receiving a configuration message, the configuration message specifying a type of communication mode;
- determining the type of communication mode specified in the configuration message;
- receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel, the first type of data being received separately from the configuration message;
- determining that the first type of data is subsequently not available over the first type of communication channel;
- and
- receiving the first type of data over a second type of communication channel,
- wherein the first type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in accordance with a first communication protocol, and the second type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in accordance with a second communication protocol,
- wherein the first type of communication channel is different than the second type of communication channel, and
- wherein the first communication protocol is different than the second communication protocol.
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A method for receiving data at a set top terminal (STT), the method comprising:
- receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel;
- determining that the first type of communication channel is subsequently not functional;
- and
- receiving the first type of data over a second type of communication channel until the first type of communication channel is established so that the first type of data can be received over the first type of communication channel,
- wherein the first type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in accordance with a first communication protocol, and the second type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in accordance with a second communication protocol,
- wherein the first type of communication channel is different than the second type of communication channel, and
- wherein the first protocol is different than the second protocol.
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A method for receiving data comprising:
- receiving a configuration message, the configuration message specifying a type of communication mode;
- determining the type of communication mode specified in the configuration message;
- receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel, wherein the received first type of data is received separately from the configuration message;
- determining that the first type of data is not available over the first type of communication channel;
- responsive to determining that the first type of data is not available over the first type of communication channel, receiving the first type of data over a second type of communication channel;
- wherein the first type of communication channel is used in accordance with a first communication standard, and the second type of communication channel is used in accordance with a second communication standard, wherein the first communication standard is different than the second communication standard,
- wherein the first type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in a first type of frames, and the second type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in a second type of frames,
- wherein the first type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in accordance with a first communication protocol, and the second type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted in accordance with a second communication protocol, wherein the first communication protocol is different than the second communication protocol, and
- wherein the first type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted using a first type of modulation scheme, and the second type of communication channel carries data that is transmitted using a second type of modulation scheme, wherein the first type of modulation scheme is different than the second type of modulation scheme.
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