US 11,750,877 B2
Identification of services containing the same or equivalent content
Mark Eyer, Woodinville, WA (US)
Assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Saturn Licensing LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/688,464.
Application 17/688,464 is a continuation of application No. 16/911,754, filed on Jun. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,303,953.
Application 16/911,754 is a continuation of application No. 16/015,817, filed on Jun. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,728,611, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Application 16/015,817 is a continuation of application No. 15/351,842, filed on Nov. 15, 2016, granted, now 10,045,068, issued on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408145 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4345 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/44 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4823 (2013.01); H04N 21/6112 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a reception apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving a first broadcast emission corresponding to a first broadcast service;
receiving a second broadcast emission including a low level signaling (LLS), the second broadcast emission corresponding to a second broadcast service;
extracting a service list table (SLT) from the LLS, the SLT comprising, in an element describing the second broadcast service, a value identifying the first broadcast emission as carrying the same programming content as is being broadcast in the second broadcast service;
building a list of services that the reception apparatus can receive; and
outputting the first broadcast service or the second broadcast service.