Over-the-air programming integration with over the top streaming services
US11469842B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/6125
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various arrangements for integrating over-the-air (OTA) television programming with streaming media are presented. An OTA integration module may request, from an OTA tuner, a stream of an OTA television channel, wherein the OTA television channel is broadcast over a geographic region on the VHF band or UHF band. The OTA integration module may receive, from the OTA tuner, the stream of the OTA television channel. The OTA integration module may provide, to a media presentation application, the stream of the OTA television channel. The media presentation application executed by the streaming media player device may output the steam of the OTA television channel for presentation.
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