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公开(公告)号:US11363467B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-14
申请号:US16808996
申请日:2020-03-04
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Michael John Simon , Mark A. Aitken , Ebenezer K. Kofi , Louis Herbert Libin
IPC: H04W16/14 , H04L5/00 , H04L12/18 , H04N21/6332 , H04N21/643 , H04W72/04
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium product for sharing broadcast resources and validating usage of the broadcast resources according to an agreement between a plurality of broadcast virtual network operators (BVNOs). A method includes determining the plurality of spectrum resources corresponding to a length of a broadcast frame, and creating a plurality of physical layer pipes (PLPs) based on a plurality of internet protocol (IP) flows from the plurality of BVNOs. The method includes constructing the broadcast frame including the plurality of PLPs and generating a broadcast frame record based on transmission of the broadcast frame. The broadcast frame record can identify the plurality of spectrum resources shared between the plurality of BVNOs. The method includes updating the broadcast frame record with identification information of the plurality of BVNOs and the plurality of IP flows corresponding to the plurality of PLPs of the broadcast frame.
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公开(公告)号:US20220070042A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17459274
申请日:2021-08-27
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Michael J. SIMON , Mark A. AITKEN , Ebenezer K. KOFI , Louis Herbert LIBIN
Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method includes selecting a length for an advanced television system committee (ATSC) 3.0 frame for transmission by a single frequency network (SFN) transmitter and aligning the SFN transmitter with a global positioning system (GPS) epoch. The method further includes storing geographical coordinates of the SFN transmitter and a corresponding SFN transmitter identification (TX ID) in a database. The method also includes encoding the SFN TX ID in a non-coherent symbol of a plurality of positioning navigation timing (PNT) symbols comprising a plurality of coherent symbols and the non-coherent symbol with orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) numerology to support positioning. The method further includes prepending the plurality of PNT symbols to the ATSC 3.0 frame to generate a modified ATSC 3.0 frame and transmitting the modified ATSC 3.0 using a SFN transmitter antenna of the SFN transmitter.
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公开(公告)号:US20220059087A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-24
申请号:US17506843
申请日:2021-10-21
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin Aaron Miller , Jason D. Justman , Lora Clark Bouchard , Michael Ellery Bouchard , Kevin James Cotlove , Mathew Keith Gitchell , Stacia Lynn Haisch , Jonathan David Kersten , Matthew Karl Marchio , Peter Arthur Pulliam , George Allen Smith , Todd Christopher Tibbetts
IPC: G10L15/18 , G10L15/04 , G10L19/018 , G10L25/57 , G06F16/31 , H04N21/2187 , H04N21/2343 , H04N21/845 , H04N21/8543 , G10L15/26 , H04L29/06 , G06F40/106 , G06F40/186 , H04L29/08 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/235 , H04N21/438 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/4782 , H04N21/81 , H04N21/254 , H04N21/426 , H04N21/4627 , H04N21/466 , H04N21/472 , G06F3/0482 , G06F3/0484 , G06F3/0488 , H04N21/854 , G06F16/48
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for distributing syndicated content or content with one or more distribution restrictions. In one aspect, a method may include assigning a unique ID to a plurality of content items, where the unique ID of at least one of the content items is associated with one or more property distribution restrictions. The method may further include streaming in a video stream the content items to at least two properties and monitoring the unique IDs of the plurality of content items streamed in the video stream to detect least one content item associated with the one or more property distribution restrictions. The distribution of the least one content item associated with the one or more property distribution restrictions may be blocked from the one or more properties concurrently with streaming the video stream, based on the one or more property distribution restrictions.
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公开(公告)号:US11153056B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-19
申请号:US16577958
申请日:2019-09-20
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Michael J. Simon
Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for generating and transmitting one or more band segmented bootstrap signals. For example, a transmitter may be configured to generate a plurality of sequence numbers and apply cyclic shift to each of the plurality of sequence number. The transmitter is further configured to map each of the shifted sequence numbers to at least one frequency domain subcarrier of a plurality of frequency domain subcarriers, and translate each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers to a time domain sequence. Each subcarrier of the plurality of subcarriers may be shifted with respect to other subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers, thereby aligning each segment of the band segmented bootstrap signals next to each other in the frequency domain.
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公开(公告)号:US20210210078A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US17185314
申请日:2021-02-25
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin Aaron Miller , Jason D. Justman , Lora Clark Bouchard , Michael Ellery Bouchard , Kevin James Cotlove , Mathew Keith Gitchell , Stacia Lynn Haisch , Jonathan David Kersten , Matthew Karl Marchio , Peter Arthur Pulliam , George Allen Smith , Todd Christopher Tibbetts
IPC: G10L15/18 , G11B27/036 , H04N21/44 , H04N21/6332 , H04N21/458 , G06F40/106 , G06F40/186 , G06F16/31 , G06F3/0482 , G06F3/0484 , G06F3/0488 , G10L15/04 , G10L15/26 , G10L19/018 , G10L25/57 , H04L29/06 , H04L29/08 , H04N21/2187 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/2343 , H04N21/235 , H04N21/254 , H04N21/426 , H04N21/438 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/4627 , H04N21/466 , H04N21/472 , H04N21/4782 , H04N21/81 , H04N21/845 , H04N21/854 , H04N21/8543
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content. In one aspect, the described techniques may include streaming a segment of primary content, for example, by a reduce capability client device, such as a mobile device or tablet. The device may receive information indicative of a break in the streaming of the primary content. The device may play secondary content based on receiving the information indicative of the break. The device may determine when a next segment of the primary content is available, and begin streaming the next segment of the primary content upon detecting that the second segment of the primary content is available.
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公开(公告)号:US20210125606A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-29
申请号:US17142397
申请日:2021-01-06
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin Aaron Miller , Jason D. Justman , Lora Clark Bouchard , Michael Ellery Bouchard , Kevin James Cotlove , Mathew Keith Gitchell , Stacia Lynn Haisch , Jonathan David Kersten , Matthew Karl Marchio , Peter Arthur Pulliam , George Allen Smith , Todd Christopher Tibbetts
IPC: G10L15/18 , G10L15/04 , G10L19/018 , G10L25/57 , G06F16/31 , H04N21/2187 , H04N21/2343 , H04N21/845 , H04N21/8543 , G10L15/26 , H04L29/06 , G06F40/106 , G06F40/186 , H04L29/08 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/235 , H04N21/438 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/4782 , H04N21/81 , H04N21/254 , H04N21/426 , H04N21/4627 , H04N21/466 , H04N21/472 , G06F3/0482 , G06F3/0484 , G06F3/0488 , H04N21/854 , G06F16/48
Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for placing secondary content into a break of unknown duration in a stream of primary content. In one aspect the described techniques may include receiving information indicative of a break in streaming of the primary content, such as metadata data that is inserted into the stream of primary content, for example, on a client device. A duration of the stream of the primary content may be obtained. Secondary content may be played, for example during a break in the streaming of the primary content. Upon detecting that the duration of the stream of the primary content has increased to a second duration, for example, in response to the client device receiving additional primary content, the primary content may be streamed.
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公开(公告)号:US20210074276A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-11
申请号:US17100076
申请日:2020-11-20
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin Aaron Miller , Jason D. Justman , Lora Clark Bouchard , Michael Ellery Bouchard , Kevin James Cotlove , Mathew Keith Gitchell , Stacia Lynn Haisch , Jonathan David Kersten , Matthew Karl Marchio , Peter Arthur Pulliam , George Allen Smith , Todd Christopher Tibbetts
IPC: G10L15/18 , G10L15/26 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/845 , H04N9/82 , G06K9/00 , H04N21/233 , H04N21/472 , H04N21/8405 , G06F40/106 , G06F40/186 , G06F16/31 , G06F3/0482 , G06F3/0484 , G06F3/0488 , G10L15/04 , G10L19/018 , G10L25/57 , H04L29/06 , H04L29/08 , H04N21/2187 , H04N21/2343 , H04N21/235 , H04N21/254 , H04N21/426 , H04N21/438 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/4627 , H04N21/466 , H04N21/4782 , H04N21/81 , H04N21/854 , H04N21/8543
Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are described herein for segmentation of content, and more specifically for segmentation of content in a content management system. In one aspect, a method may include receiving content associated with speech, text, or closed captioning data. The speech, the text, or the closed captioning data may be analyzed to derive at least one of a topic, subject, or event for at least a portion of the content. The content may be divided into two or more content segments based on the analyzing. At least one of the topic, the subject, or the event may be associated with at least one of the two or more content segments based on the analyzing. At least one of the two or more content segments may then be published such that each of the two or more content segments is individually accessible.
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公开(公告)号:US10796691B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-06
申请号:US15171725
申请日:2016-06-02
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin Aaron Miller , Jason D. Justman , Lora Clark Bouchard , Michael Ellery Bouchard , Kevin James Cotlove , Mathew Keith Gitchell , Stacia Lynn Haisch , Jonathan David Kersten , Todd Christopher Tibbetts
IPC: G10L15/18 , G10L15/04 , G10L25/57 , G10L19/018 , G06F40/186 , G06F40/106 , G06F16/48 , G06F16/31 , H04N21/2343 , G06F3/0482 , H04N21/2187 , H04N21/845 , H04N21/8543 , G10L15/26 , H04L29/06 , H04L29/08 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/235 , H04N21/438 , H04N21/442 , H04N21/4782 , H04N21/81 , H04N21/254 , H04N21/426 , H04N21/4627 , H04N21/466 , H04N21/472 , G06F3/0484 , G06F3/0488 , H04N21/854
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described herein for providing a graphical user interface for configuring presentations of content and controlling distribution of content, for example, through in conjunction with a management system.
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公开(公告)号:US10652624B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-12
申请号:US15480981
申请日:2017-04-06
Applicant: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
Inventor: Michael J. Simon , Mark A. Aitken
IPC: G06F15/16 , H04N21/643 , H04H60/07 , H04N21/414 , H04N21/2383 , H04N21/438 , H04L12/54 , H04L29/06 , H04L12/801 , H04N21/2381 , H04W28/10
Abstract: A Next Generation Broadcast Platform (NGBP) is disclosed that utilizes 5G software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) technologies. The NGBP is designed to enable a new paradigm for broadcasters, wherein the model of fixed wireless spectrum access granted only to the licensees of the spectrum is replaced by a flexible model in which licensed spectrum is pooled together and allocated dynamically to broadcast licensees as well as outside tenants. The NGBP is implemented using SDN/NFV technology, and includes a broadcast market exchange (BMX) entity that allocates the spectrum between tenants based on service level agreements (SLAs) with those users. The NGBP also includes an internet protocol (IP) core and a broadcast centralized radio access network (BC-RAN) which apply the major network functions to broadcaster content in accordance with the determinations of the BMX. The SDN/NFV implementation offers several distinct advantages over NGBP implemented with dedicated network hardware.
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公开(公告)号:US20200022100A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-16
申请号:US16036570
申请日:2018-07-16
Applicant: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Inventor: Michael J. SIMON
Abstract: Systems and methods for one-way time transfer using physical layer signaling are disclosed herein. According to some examples, a method includes generating timing information based on a clock of a transmitting device, where the timing information comprises a timestamp and metadata. The method further includes generating a preamble of a frame, where the preamble includes the timestamp and the metadata of the timing information. The method also includes forming a frame, where the frame comprises a bootstrap, the preamble, and a payload, and transmitting the frame to a receiver device. The one-way time transfer systems and methods of this disclosure can serve mobile devices that entail quick and reliable establishment of a clock.
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