US 11,917,261 B2
Broadcast channel tuning parameters support using switched digital video delivery
Chuankai Kou, Shenzhen (CN); and Wenwu Wei, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/716,943
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/109975
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/068110, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417609 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/63 (2011.01); H04N 21/4425 (2011.01); H04N 21/6547 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/631 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4425 (2013.01); H04N 21/6547 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a computing device, an inability to receive broadcast tuning parameters for broadcast channels being broadcast by a broadcast system;
receiving, by the computing device, a message including a set of switched digital video tuning parameters for switched digital video channels from a switched digital video system, wherein the broadcast tuning parameters are included in the message;
retrieving, by the computing device, at least a portion of the broadcast tuning parameters that are received via the switched digital video system; and
using, by the computing device, the at least a portion of the broadcast tuning parameters received in the message to request a broadcast channel from the broadcast system.