US 11,671,953 B2
Efficient channel scanning for media rendering device
Peter Shintani, San Diego, CA (US); Loren Pineda, San Diego, CA (US); Max Wu, San Diego, CA (US); Tanmay Agnihotri, San Diego, CA (US); and Luke Fay, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,387.
Prior Publication US 2023/0098458 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/0453 (2013.01) [H04W 64/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media rendering device, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
determine a first geographical region associated with a location of the media rendering device, wherein a first set of over-the-air (OTA) channels are communicated in the determined first geographical region;
determine a second geographical region within a threshold distance from the location of the media rendering device, wherein a second set of OTA channels are communicated in the determined second geographical region;
receive a first user input to scan the first set of OTA channels and the second set of OTA channels, wherein
the first user input indicates a number of OTA channels to be scanned by the media rendering device, and
the number of OTA channels corresponds to a subset of OTA channels from the first set of OTA channels and the second set of OTA channels; and
configure the first set of OTA channels and the second set of OTA channels on the media rendering device, based on the scan of the first set of OTA channels and the second set of OTA channels.