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US 9,003,442 B2Granted
Shared local government channel
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsMark Douglas Carney, Dante John Pacella, Jeffrey A. Jackson, Martin W. McKee
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Abstract
A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving content from a first local government entity; associating a virtual channel identifier with the received content; and transmitting the received content and the virtual channel identifier on a shared local government channel, wherein the shared local government channel includes content received from a second local government entity.
Claims19
A method performed by one or more computer devices, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the one or more computer devices, first local government content from a first local government entity;
- receiving, by the one or more computer devices, a message posted to a community message board associated with the first local government entity from a customer via a set-top box;
- adding, by the one or more computer devices, community message board content to the received first local government content, wherein the community message board content includes the received message;
- adding, by the one or more computer devices, a first virtual channel identifier to the received first content;
- receiving, by the one or more computer devices, second local government content from a second local government entity;
- adding, by the one or more computer devices, a second virtual channel identifier to the received second content;
- multiplexing, by the one or more computer devices, the first local government content and the second local government content onto a shared local government channel using time division multiplexing, wherein the first local government content includes the added community message board content;
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- transmitting, by the one or more computer devices, the multiplexed first and second local government content via the shared local government channel.
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A system comprising:
- one or more computing devices configured to:
- receive first local government content from a first local government entity;
- receive a message posted to a community message board associated with the first local government entity from a customer via a set-top box;
- add community message board content to the received first local government content, wherein the community message board content includes the received message;
- associate a first virtual channel identifier with the received first local government content;
- receive second local government content from a second local government entity;
- associate a second virtual channel identifier with the received second content;
- multiplex the first local government content and the second local government content onto a shared local government channel using time division multiplexing, wherein the first local government content includes the added community message board content;
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- transmit the multiplexed first and second local government content via the shared local government channel.
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A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions executable by one or more processors that cause the one or more processors to execute a method comprising:
- receiving first local government content from a first local government entity;
- receiving a message posted to a community message board associated with the first local government entity from a customer via a set-top box;
- adding community message board content to the received first local government content, wherein the community message board content includes the received message messages posted to a community message board by customers associated with the first local government entity;
- adding a first virtual channel identifier to the received first local government content;
- receiving second local government content from a second local government entity;
- adding a second virtual channel identifier to the received second content;
- multiplexing the first local government content and the second local government content onto a shared local government channel using time division multiplexing, wherein the first local government content includes the added community message board content;
- and
- transmitting the multiplexed first and second local government content via the shared local government channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.