METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND DOWNLOADING SETUP INFORMATION
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Abstract
Multiple channel maps are embedded in a television transmission and the appropriate channel corresponding to the particular television service used by the viewer is downloaded for use with the television receiver. Each channel map is accompanied by a channel map identifier which identifies the source of the television transmission and a geographic identifier. The source of a television transmission is automatically detected by monitoring the radio-frequency spectrum allocations of telecast stations. The geographic area identifier is determined by comparison with a user inputted geographic area identifier. The channel map having a channel map identifier corresponding to the detected television transmission source and the user inputted geographic area identifier is downloaded and stored for future use.
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42. A method performed by a user equipment for determining a mapping of channels to stations at a specific geographic location, the method comprising:
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receiving signals of a plurality of channels; receiving a geographic area identifier; scanning the signals of the plurality of channels to generate channel map information, the channel map information including respective information corresponding to a plurality of geographic area identifiers; determining the information of the channel map information corresponding to the geographic area identifier; determining a channel map identifier based on the determined information; and determining a channel map corresponding to the channel map identifier, the channel map mapping each of the plurality of channels to a corresponding station of the plurality of stations for the geographic area corresponding to the geographic area identifier. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A user equipment for determining a mapping of channels to stations at a specific geographic location, the user equipment comprising:
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means for receiving signals of a plurality of channels; means for receiving a geographic area identifier; means for scanning the signals of the plurality of channels to generate channel map information, the channel map information including respective information corresponding to a plurality of geographic area identifiers; means for determining information of the channel map information corresponding to the geographic area identifier; means for determining a channel map identifier based on the determined information; and means for determining a channel map corresponding to the channel map identifier, the channel map mapping each of the plurality of channels to a corresponding station of the plurality of stations for the geographic area corresponding to the geographic area identifier. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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