US 12,108,109 B2
Digital TV reception using OTT backchannel communication
Adam Goldberg, San Diego, CA (US); Graham Clift, San Diego, CA (US); Luke Fay, San Diego, CA (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. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,849.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107111 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4384 (2013.01) [H04N 5/505 (2013.01); H04N 21/4104 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In digital television in which plural receivers can receive broadcast signals from at least a first digital television broadcast assembly, a method, comprising:
receiving, from the plural receivers, respective reception parameters and antenna factors of broadcast channels;
identifying likely receivable channels using at least the reception parameters; and
sending identification of likely receivable channels to at least some of the plural receivers to enable the plural receivers to reduce channel scan time;
wherein the reception parameters relate to one or more of:
signal to noise ratio, error rate, resolution, bit-rate, form-factor, content attributes, locality preference, quality of user interfaces carried by a service;
wherein the reception parameters relate at least to quality of user interfaces carried by a service.