Provision of digital data via multiple broadcasts
First Claim
1. A method for providing Internet access to a client computer system, comprising:
- providing a digital broadcast transmission system for wireless delivery of digital content to said client computer system, said digital broadcast transmission system including at least first and second broadcast origination points, providing a host computer system connected to said digital broadcast transmission system, establishing a connection between said host computer system and said client computer system, delivering a request for content from said client computer system to said host computer system, obtaining delivery of requested content via the public Internet to said host computer system, transferring said requested content to a selected one of said first and second broadcast origination points, and receiving said requested content at said client computer system from said first or second broadcast origination points,
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Abstract
Internet access is provided through bandwidth available in broadcasted digital television signals, such as the digital television signals produced by terrestrial broadcast towers. Bandwidth is dynamically allocated or provisioned among clients, and is managed in part by the clients, thus providing dynamic, distributed management of spectrum allocation. Automatic provisioning may be applied among different terrestrial transmission towers, or different satellites, among transponders or channels on a given tower, or a given satellite, or among other forms of multiple broadcast origination points. The provisioning dynamically and automatically equalizes load among those multiple broadcast points. Principles of the present invention may also be applied to automatic provisioning of digital content among non-television broadcast sources, such as cellular telephone towers having available bandwidth, analog or digital radio broadcasts having available bandwidth, or satellite broadcast facilities, and/or dedicated broadcast towers or satellites operating in an allocated spectrum and limited to broadcasting requested digital content. In a satellite embodiment, provisioning may occur among multiple satellites as well as between transponders or time- or frequency-multiplexed channels provided by a single satellite.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing Internet access to a client computer system, comprising:
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providing a digital broadcast transmission system for wireless delivery of digital content to said client computer system, said digital broadcast transmission system including at least first and second broadcast origination points, providing a host computer system connected to said digital broadcast transmission system, establishing a connection between said host computer system and said client computer system, delivering a request for content from said client computer system to said host computer system, obtaining delivery of requested content via the public Internet to said host computer system, transferring said requested content to a selected one of said first and second broadcast origination points, and receiving said requested content at said client computer system from said first or second broadcast origination points, - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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13. A method for providing Internet access to a client computer system, comprising:
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providing a terrestrial digital television broadcast system for wireless delivery of digital television signals to said client computer system, providing a host computer system connected to said terrestrial digital television broadcast transmission system, establishing a connection between said host computer system and said client computer system, delivering a request for content from said client computer system to said host computer system, obtaining delivery of requested content via the public Internet to said host computer system, transferring said requested content to said terrestrial digital television broadcast system, receiving said requested content at said client computer system from said digital television signals from said terrestrial digital television broadcast system.
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