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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175513 | Broadcast communication system and method for providing users with information associated with a geographical area A method is presented for providing information associated with a geographical area to users of broadcast communication receivers. The information, as well as an indication of the geographical area associated with the information, are transmitted to, and received by... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165519 | Method and apparatus for broadcast content related notification A transmitting apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a notification message and a transmission unit configured to transmit the notification message. The notification message includes a broadcast identifier identifying a broadcast and timing con... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155580 | Methods and apparatus for efficient data distribution to a group of users Methods and apparatus for efficient data distribution to a group of users. In an aspect, a method is provided for distributing information. The method includes detecting one or more requests for the information, determining whether the information is to be broadcast... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150308 | Intra-premises wireless broadband service using lumped and distributed wireless radiation from cable source input A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus that includes a communication interface for receiving broadband signals and for transmitting RF frequency signals to a diplexer located within a premises via cablin... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145120 | Apparatus, system, method and computer program product for service selection and sorting An apparatus, system, method and computer program product for providing a user of a terminal with broadcast services. A terminal controller is configured to use data forming the whole of or part of an electronic service guide, and store information concerning the ac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145123 | Satellite communication system and method for dividing the coverage area thereof A beam forming apparatus of a satellite is configured to: define a perimeter of a coverage area, and define a coordinate grid of a polar coordinate system so as to divide the coverage area into a plurality of small areas; calculate coordinates of borders between bas... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145121 | Wireless communication system counting mobile terminals using MBMS The embodiments relate to a wireless communication system that counts UEs using an MBMS. The wireless communication system is connected with a UE through a radio link, and includes a Node B and a controlling radio network controller (CRNC). The Node B receives seque... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145122 | Power supply adapter and power supply system Disclosed herein is a power supply adapter for supplying DC power to a broadcast receiver that processes a broadcast signal. The power supply adapter includes: a converter configured to generate the DC power from AC power; a broadcast signal reception section config... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140002 | Apparatus and method for controlling radio frequency in portable communication system Provided is an apparatus and method for altering a frequency of a radio broadcast. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a memory, a radio frequency management unit, and a controller. The communication unit receives a radio broadcast including information on ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135333 | Distributing a broadband resource locator over a narrowband audio stream A method to transmit a broadband multimedia resource locator using a narrowband communication system embeds the broadband multimedia resource locator into a narrowband audio stream and transmits the narrowband audio stream to one or more receiving communication devi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135332 | Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program Set information including information identifying one or more areas of operation of a broadcast terminal apparatus and a user ID, and broadcast-station information including a name and an identification data item of a broadcast station are stored. The broadcast-stat... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8121533 | Wireless local loop antenna A wireless local loop system is provided that includes a wireless base station that communicates with a subscriber station via a wireless link. The wireless link can carry a voice service, such as telephone calls, or a data service, such as internet browsing. The su... | 02/21/2012 |
| RE43207 | Decision support method for planning broadcast transmissions A method and system for booking and scheduling requests for broadcast of programs by a station in which a request has at least a program time duration and required minimum broadcast bandwidth and the station has a fixed bandwidth broadcast capability. A schedule is ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8103209 | Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving notification message in a broadcasting system, and system thereof A terminal apparatus is provided for receiving a broadcast service from a broadcasting system. A receiver receives a notification message from the broadcasting system. A message parser parses the notification message received by the receiver according to a certain f... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103208 | Broadcast receiving system and method for processing broadcast signals A broadcast receiving system capable of receiving mobile broadcast data and a method for processing broadcast signals are disclosed. The broadcast receiving system includes a receiving unit, a RS frame decoder, and a memory. The receiving unit receives a broadcast s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086169 | Method and apparatus for switching between shared and individual channels to provide broadcast content services in a wireless telephone network A wireless communications network (100) includes various base stations (110) and subscriber-stations (114). The base stations each provide (602) broadcast content services to subscriber-stations over communication channels of one of the f... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086168 | Device and method for monitoring, rating and/or tuning to an audio content channel Devices, methods and computer-readable code for simultaneously monitoring the content of at least two streaming audio content channels are disclosed. In some embodiments, the monitored content is analyzed, and one or more features of the monitored content channels a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078094 | Universal multi-purpose RF signal distribution system The disclosed architecture provides a co-siting solution to the many different proprietary systems that are being sold today for cellular communications. The architecture is a universal multi-purpose signal distribution chassis for conditioning and distributing cell... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073381 | Radio communication system and base station A radio communication system includes a grouping unit for grouping a plurality of base stations into a plurality of groups (Soft Handoff Groups) and a determining unit for selecting base stations belonging to one and the same group selected from the groups produced ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073380 | Media content delivery and recording over broadcast network The present invention is a system for facilitating the selection and downloading of a digital multimedia program based on broadcast information. A single keystroke may trigger a series of events that result in an authorized copy of the desired digital media being sa... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068781 | Systems and methods for distributing information through broadcast media There are disclosed systems, methods and processes for the distribution of information, typically digital information that is distributed actively, through broadcast media such as television and radio, displays, such as signage, etc., or passively, through displays ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064820 | Method and system for service announcement using MBMS multicast bearer There is provided a method for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) announcement to provide a service announcement document in a broadcast multicast service center (BM-SC) of a MBMS system, including the steps of: generating a service announcement documen... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064819 | Seamless switching between radio and local media Systems and methods are provided for seamlessly switching media playback between a media broadcast, such as a radio broadcast, and media from a local media library. When an electronic device determines that an upcoming media item in a media broadcast is not of inter... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064818 | Distribution method and distribution management device The present invention enables provision of a service in which a distribution method of content is changed depending on a location of a mobile station. Specifically, if a user of mobile station MS is located in a country where the usage of content is not permitted, c... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8041291 | Delivering content to mobile electronic communications devices Methods, apparatuses, and machine readable media relating to content delivery are described herein. A method, according to one embodiment described herein, includes delivering content to a mobile electronic communications device, such as a cell phone, wherein the co... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041292 | Network radio receiver An apparatus includes a network receiver for receiving an over-the-air in-band on-channel broadcast signal and extracting broadcast content from the broadcast signal, and an output for delivering the content by way of a first receiver output signal to a plurality of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041293 | Responding to recipient rated wirelessly broadcast electronic works A method, system, and program for responding to recipient ratings of wirelessly broadcast electronic works are provided. A secondary player receives a wireless broadcast of an electronic work from a primary player. Next, responsive to a playback of the electronic wo... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036592 | Device and method to improve integrated presentation of existing radio services and advanced multimedia services A method and apparatus for providing an integrated presentation of existing media program services and secondary media program services is described. The method comprises the steps of accepting a election of a secondary media program transmitted on a secondary media... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032072 | System for downloading audio content A method for recording a clean broadcast free of background, such as fade-ins and fade-outs on a receiver includes providing program data associated with an upcoming broadcast, the broadcast being selected by a broadcaster, on the receiver to describe the upcoming b... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019273 | Mobile communication terminal, channel information providing module, method of automatically accessing to DMB, and method of providing channel access information A mobile communication terminal to automatically access to DMB includes a broadcast receiving unit that receives and demodulates a DMB signal, extracts and processes a video signal and an audio signal from the DMB signal, and outputs the video signal and the audio s... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019272 | Content reproducing apparatus and communication method therefor According to one embodiment, a content reproducing apparatus includes a wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses, a reproducing unit which reproduces streaming data received by the wirel... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019274 | Broadcast system and method for cellular networks An example system comprises one or more base stations, each base station associated with a cell, a Channel-to-Subscriber Management Entity operable to register a channel and a plurality of subscribers to that channel, wherein each subscriber is located in at least o... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019271 | Methods and systems for presenting information on mobile devices Methods and systems for presenting media content (e.g., scrolling text) on a mobile device are provided. A broadcast may be received from a network via a wireless communication link, the broadcast may include media content (e.g., a text feed) and information (e.g., ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010039 | Selective service method in multicast system A multicast service of a 3GPP Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is disclosed. A multicast service stream identifier is provided so that each multicast area can receive different information for one service or one multicast service can be provided wit... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991347 | System and method for accessing set of digital data at a remote site An information distribution and processing system contains a remote site, a sender and a receiving apparatus. The remote site contains a first set of digital data. The sender delivers a second set of digital data to the receiving device. In one embodiment of the pre... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7965975 | On demand, network radio and broadcast method A network radio is provided that includes a combination of an AM, FM receiver and a network channel capable of receiving streamed audio. Users of this network radio can initiate a search for a particular audio record, when a successful match is found by the online b... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962089 | Method and system of supporting policy based operations for narrowband tactical radios A radio network having more than one radio node is disclosed having a cell broadcast system configured to broadcast network policies. The network includes a first group of radio nodes configured to receive the broadcast network policies. The first group of radio nod... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957691 | Distributing content to mobile devices Computer implemented methods and systems are provided for distributing content. Information is collected on usage of a mobile device. The information is analyzed to identify a content type preference of the mobile device. A portion of a unit of content is pushed to ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7941091 | Signal distribution system employing a multi-stage signal combiner network A multi-stage signal combining network includes two or more first stage combiner circuits, two or more filters, and at least one second stage signal combiner circuit. Each of the first stage combiner circuits has two or more input ports coupled to receive a respecti... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925201 | Sharing media content among families of broadcast stations Sharing media content among families of broadcast stations includes receiving information relating to media content from families of broadcast stations, storing the information such that the information is accessible to at least two of the families of broadcast stat... | 04/12/2011 |
