US 11,711,568 B2
Techniques for ATSC 3.0 broadcast boundary area management using plural tuners handing off between presentation and scanning
Graham Clift, Poway, CA (US); Luke Fay, San Diego, CA (US); Brant Candelore, Poway, CA (US); Adam Goldberg, Fairfax, VA (US); Fred Ansfield, San Diego, CA (US); and Loren F. Pineda, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/489,675.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/260,017, filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/260,090, filed on Aug. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041462 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04H 60/19 (2008.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04H 60/82 (2008.01)
CPC H04N 21/4263 (2013.01) [H04H 60/19 (2013.01); H04H 60/82 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In digital television comprising at least one DTV receiver configured to receive broadcast signals from at least first and second digital television broadcast assemblies, a method, comprising:
using a first tuner of a digital television receiver, receiving a demanded service carried by a first broadcast signal;
presenting the demanded service;
using a second tuner of the digital television receiver, scanning a frequency spectrum for a duplicate of the demanded service carried by a second broadcast signal; and
based at least in part on at least a first condition, handing off presentation of the demanded service between the first and second tuners, wherein the digital television comprises an advanced television systems committee (ATSC)-3 system.