Community driven program access system and method
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsVikram Yashpal, John Elliott
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Abstract
A method to create community channels is provided. The method includes defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network, associating one or more tags with the channels, and employing the tags to enable a community network from the broadcast network.
Claims59
A method to create a community channel, comprising:
- defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network;
- receiving, at a server, one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content;
- associating, using a processor, the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels;
- and
- creating a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags.
A communications apparatus, comprising:
- a memory for retaining instructions to:
- generate one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with a subset of channels of a broadcast network;
- associate the one or more tags with the subset of channel;
- separately transmit the one or more tags from the corresponding identified broadcast data content;
- a processor that executes the instructions.
A method to create a community channel, comprising:
- receiving a subset of channels for a broadcast network;
- receiving one or more tags with the channels, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content;
- and
- employing the one or more tags to receive communications as a community channel of a community network derived from the broadcast network.
An apparatus for creating a community channel, the apparatus comprising:
- means for defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network;
- means for receiving one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content;
- means for associating the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels;
- and
- means for creating a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to:
- define a subset of channels from a broadcast network;
- receive one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content;
- associate the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels;
- and
- create a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory retaining instructions for:
- defining a subset of channels from a broadcast network;
- receiving one or more tags, each tag identifying broadcast data content associated with the defined subset of channels and being received separately from the identified broadcast data content;
- associating the one or more tags with the defined subset of channels;
- and
- creating a community channel of a community network from the broadcast network using the one or more tags;
- and
- a processor that executes the instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.