Patent · US Active

Method and system for controlling a back-up receiver and encoder in a local collection facility from a remote facility

US7861270B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
39References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 2007
Grant dateDec 28, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 25, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H20/74
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method suitable for processing television signals includes a local collection facility that has a primary receiver and a primary encoder forming a broadcast signal in response to a first channel signal received at the receiver. The system also includes a remote facility having a monitoring system monitoring the local collection facility at the remote facility. A back-up receiver at the local facility tuning to the first channel, generating a back-up receiver signal for the first channel and communicating the back-up receiver signal to the remote facility from the local collection facility. The monitoring system displays the back-up receiver signal. The remote facility switches the broadcast signal to correspond to the back-up receiver signal.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.