US 12,225,251 B2
Return path for broadcast system and method
John Vetter, Irving, TX (US); and Imran Syed, Irving, TX (US)
Assigned to Trilogy 5G, Inc., Irving, TX (US)
Filed by Trilogy 5G, Inc., Irving, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,655.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/333,945, filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345060 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/235 (2013.01) [H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A digital services system, comprising:
an Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC 3.0) a television broadcast system that broadcasts a signal to a plurality of devices;
each of the plurality of devices being configured to receive and consume the broadcast signal from the ATSC 3.0 television broadcast system;
the broadcast signal including a digital service and wherein at least one device is configured to consume the digital service;
a return path out of band from the ATSC 3.0 television broadcast system; and
wherein the at least one device further comprises a processor, memory and a plurality of lines of instructions executed by the processor so that the at least one device is configured to send an acknowledgement of receipt of the digital service over the out of band return path to the ATSC 3.0 television broadcast system.