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US 2023/0413369 A1Published application
Heartbeat system and method for broadcast system
AssigneeTrilogy 5G, Inc.
InventorsImran Syed, John Vetter
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Abstract
A heartbeat system and signaling protocol for a digital broadcast system that provides a unicast return path signaling protocol. In one embodiment, the digital broadcast system may be an ATSC 3.0 compliant broadcast system.
Claims12
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of devices that are each capable of consuming a piece of content broadcast from a digital broadcast system;
- the digital broadcast system having a processor and memory wherein the processor executes a plurality of instructions that cause the processor of the digital broadcast system to:
- send, from the digital broadcast system, a return path and heartbeat duration request to each device;
- receive, by the digital broadcast system from each device, a device identity and a set of device capabilities;
- and
- receive, by the broadcast system from each device based on the heartbeat duration request, a keepalive message.
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A signaling method between a digital broadcast system and a device that consumes the data from the digital broadcast system, the method comprising:
- sending, from a digital broadcast system, a return path and heartbeat duration request to each device that is capable of consuming a piece of content from the digital broadcast system;
- receiving, by the digital broadcast system from the device, a device identity and a set of device capabilities;
- and
- receiving, by the digital broadcast system from each device based on the heartbeat duration request, a keepalive message.
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