Method and apparatus for utilizing a broadcasting channel
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsAndrea Basso, Paul Shala Henry, Byoung-Jo Kim
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Abstract
A method and computer readable medium for encoding data onto a channel broadcasting a program are disclosed. For example, the method selects a channel that is being used to broadcast a program, generates data having characteristics in accordance with an error burst signature and transmits the data on the channel that is being used to broadcast the program.
Claims18
A method for transmitting data onto a channel broadcasting a program, comprising:
- selecting, by a processor, the channel that is being used to broadcast the program;
- generating, by the processor, the data having characteristics in accordance with an error burst signature, wherein the data is independent of the program and is encoded with a header portion for allowing a receiver to identify the data and to decode the data during an error burst detection;
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- transmitting, by the processor, the data on the channel that is being used to broadcast the program, wherein the data resembles an error burst.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for transmitting data onto a channel broadcasting a program, the operations comprising:
- selecting the channel that is being used to broadcast the program;
- generating the data having characteristics in accordance with an error burst signature, wherein the data is independent of the program and is encoded with a header portion for allowing a receiver to identify the data and to decode the data during an error burst detection;
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- transmitting the data on the channel that is being used to broadcast the program, wherein the data resembles an error burst.
A method for decoding data on a channel broadcasting a program, comprising:
- tuning, by a processor, to the channel broadcasting the program;
- determining, by the processor, if the channel contains the data that needs to be decoded other than the program, wherein the data is independent of the program and is encoded with a header portion for allowing a receiver to identify the data and to decode the data during an error burst detection;
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- decoding, by the processor, the data when the channel contains the data that needs to be decoded other than the program, wherein the data resembles an error burst.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.