US 11,785,275 B2
System and method for receiving a television signal
Madhukar Reddy, Carlsbad, CA (US); Curtis Ling, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Tim Gallagher, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Entropic Communications, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Entropic Communications, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,889.
Application 17/956,889 is a continuation of application No. 17/862,946, filed on Jul. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,490,152.
Application 17/862,946 is a continuation of application No. 17/587,462, filed on Jan. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,399,206.
Application 17/587,462 is a continuation of application No. 17/217,244, filed on Mar. 30, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/217,244 is a continuation of application No. 16/430,506, filed on Jun. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,972,781, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/430,506 is a continuation of application No. 15/792,318, filed on Oct. 24, 2017, granted, now 10,313,733, issued on Jun. 4, 2019.
Application 15/792,318 is a continuation of application No. 14/948,881, filed on Nov. 23, 2015, granted, now 9,819,992, issued on Nov. 14, 2017.
Application 14/948,881 is a continuation of application No. 14/617,973, filed on Feb. 10, 2015, granted, now 9,210,363, issued on Dec. 8, 2015.
Application 14/617,973 is a continuation of application No. 13/962,871, filed on Aug. 8, 2013, granted, now 9,100,622, issued on Aug. 4, 2015.
Application 13/962,871 is a continuation of application No. 12/762,900, filed on Apr. 19, 2010, granted, now 8,526,898, issued on Sep. 3, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/170,526, filed on Apr. 17, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068514 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 5/455 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 21/4263 (2013.01) [H04B 1/0014 (2013.01); H04N 5/455 (2013.01); H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 21/4382 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01); H04N 21/6193 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for operating a television receiver, comprising:
receiving, by an input terminal, an input signal comprising broadcast channels, the broadcast channels comprising a plurality of desired channels and a plurality of undesired channels, wherein the plurality of desired channels are non-contiguous;
processing, by a radio front end coupled to the input terminal, the input signal to generate a processed input signal;
digitizing, by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the radio front end, the processed input signal to generate a digitized signal;
selecting, by a digital frontend (DFE) coupled to the ADC, the plurality of desired channels from the digitized signal; and
outputting, by the DFE, the selected plurality of desired channels to at least one demodulator as a digital datastream, wherein the demodulator extracts information encoded in the digital datastream.