Methods, devices, and systems for distributing content in community of over-the-air broadcast content receivers

A broadcast content reception device comprising:

• a receiver which, in operation, receives a signal that transmits channel content, from an antenna;
• a first transceiver;
• a second transceiver;
• a processor coupled to the receiver, the first transceiver, and the second transceiver;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive via the first transceiver information that identifies a channel that provides channel content, from a content player device;
• receive information that indicates a signal strength corresponding to the channel, the information that indicates the signal strength corresponding to the channel being based on the signal that transmits the channel content received from the antenna;
• determine that the signal strength is less than or equal to a threshold value based on the information that indicates the signal strength;
• transmit via the first transceiver or the second transceiver a message to the content player device in response to the determining that the signal strength is less than or equal to the threshold value.

A community server device that communicates with a plurality of broadcast content reception devices, the device comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a processor coupled to the transceiver;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• store community information including information that identifies each of the plurality of broadcast content reception devices and information that identifies a community of broadcast content reception devices;
• receive via the transceiver a first request for channel information from a first one of the broadcast content reception devices included in the community of broadcast content reception devices, the first request for channel information including information that identifies a channel;
• transmit via the transceiver a second request for channel information to one or more of the broadcast content reception devices included in the community of broadcast content reception devices other than the first one of the broadcast content reception devices using the community information in response to receiving the first request for channel information, the second request for channel information including the information that identifies the channel included in the first request for channel information;
• receive via the transceiver information that indicates a signal strength corresponding to the channel from each of the one or more of the broadcast content reception devices included in the community of broadcast content reception devices other than the first one of the broadcast content reception devices;
• select a selected one of the one or more of the broadcast content reception devices included in the community of broadcast content reception devices other than the first one of the broadcast content reception devices based on the information that indicates the signal strength corresponding to the channel received from each of the one or more of the broadcast content reception devices included in the community of broadcast content reception devices other than the first one of the broadcast content reception devices;
• and
• transmit via the transceiver information that identifies the selected one of the one or more of the broadcast content reception devices included in the community of broadcast content reception devices other than the first one of the broadcast content reception devices to the first one of the broadcast content reception devices.