Method for scanning services with a multimode communication device
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorMichael Grannan
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving on a control channel signaling software for scanning portions of a television spectrum, where the control channel operates in a portion of the television spectrum. The method further includes scanning for services operating in the television spectrum according to the received signaling software, detecting one or more services operating in the television spectrum, and selecting a service of the detected one or more services operating in the television spectrum. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving on a control channel, by a device including at least one processor, signaling software for scanning portions of a television spectrum, wherein the control channel operates in a portion of the television spectrum;
- scanning, by the device, for services operating in the television spectrum according to the received signaling software;
- detecting, by the device, one or more services operating in the television spectrum;
- and
- selecting, by the device, a service of the detected one or more services in the television spectrum.
A communication device, comprising:
- a memory storing computer instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to execution of the computer instructions, the processor performs operations comprising:
- receiving on a channel signaling software for scanning portions of a television spectrum, wherein the channel operates in a portion of the television spectrum;
- scanning for services in the television spectrum according to the received signaling software;
- detecting one or more services operating in the television spectrum;
- and
- selecting one of the detected one or more services according to a service preference.
A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request from a communication device to scan a television spectrum for services;
- and
- transmitting to the communication device over a channel of the television spectrum a software defined radio software application to enable the communication device to scan the television spectrum, wherein the channel operates in a portion of the television spectrum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.