Transmission and receiver system operating on different frequency bands

• US 8,010,068 B1
• Filed: 11/13/2010
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dr. Hark C. Chan
• Original Assignee: Dr. Hark C. Chan
• Inventors: Chan, Hark C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Milord; Marceau
• Application Number:
  US12/945,845
• Time in Patent Office: 290 Days
• Field of Search: 455/150.1, 455/156.1, 455/166.1, 455/186.1, 455/158.1, 455/3.04, 455/161.1, 381/34, 709/219, 348/468
• US Class Current: 455/150.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/26 Arrangements for switching distribution systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/13 Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/25 Arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information

Abstract

A receiver contains a demodulator system that can extract digital data from wireless radio frequency signal. The digital data contains three sets of compressed digital audio data. Two sets of compressed digital audio data are delivered in a first frequency band and the other set in a second frequency band. The set in the second frequency band and one of the sets in the first frequency band are stored in a memory system and the remaining set is not stored in the memory system. A user can select one of these three sets of compressed digital audio data for decompression and then converted to analog audio signal.

Claims

1. A method for a device to generate analog audio signal from digital data delivered using radio frequency signal in two frequency bands, comprising:

retrieving at least a portion of a first set of compressed digital audio data from the radio frequency signal of a first of the frequency bands and at least a portion of a second set of compressed digital audio data from a second of the frequency bands, the first and the second frequency bands being switched without user intervention;

storing the first and the second sets of compressed digital audio data in a storage system;

retrieving at least a portion of a third set of compressed digital audio data from the radio frequency signal of the first frequency band, the third set of compressed digital audio data not being stored into the storage system;

allowing a user to select one of the first, the second, and the third sets of compressed digital audio data;

decompressing the selected one of the first, the second, and the third sets of compressed digital audio data to generate a decompressed digital audio data; and

delivering the decompressed digital audio data to a digital to analog converter for conversion to the analog audio signal.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data comprises motion picture experts group compressed digital audio data.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data comprises compressed voice quality audio data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data has been compressed using a parametric compression algorithm.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data has a bit rate of less than 7 kilobits per second.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital data comprises a command to instruct the device to perform a task and wherein the method comprises retrieving the command from the radio frequency signal.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital data comprises a first index data associated with the first set of compressed digital audio data and a second index data associated with the second set of compressed digital audio data, and wherein the method comprises retrieving the first and the second index data from the radio frequency signal.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein at least one of the first and the second index data comprises compressed audio data.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the storage system continues to store the first and the second sets of compressed digital audio data after at least a portion of the device is not powered.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and the second frequency bands comprises an unused TV band.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data comprises motion picture experts group compressed digital audio data.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data comprises compressed voice quality audio data.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data has been compressed using a parametric compression algorithm.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein the digital data comprises a command to instruct the device to perform a task and wherein the method comprises retrieving the command from the radio frequency signal.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein the digital data comprises a first index data associated with the first set of compressed digital audio data and a second index data associated with the second set of compressed digital audio data, and wherein the method comprises retrieving the first and the second index data from the radio frequency signal.

16. The method of claim 10 wherein the storage system continues to store the first and the second sets of compressed digital audio data after at least a portion of the device is not powered.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and the second frequency bands comprises a PCS band.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data comprises motion picture experts group compressed digital audio data.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data comprises compressed voice quality audio data.

20. The method of claim 17 wherein at least one of the first, the second and the third sets of compressed digital audio data has been compressed using a parametric compression algorithm.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein the digital data comprises a command to instruct the device to perform a task and wherein the method comprises retrieving the command from the radio frequency signal.

22. The method of claim 17 wherein the digital data comprises a first index data associated with the first set of compressed digital audio data and a second index data associated with the second set of compressed digital audio data, and wherein the method comprises retrieving the first and the second index data from the radio frequency signal.

23. The method of claim 17 wherein the storage system continues to store the first and the second sets of compressed digital audio data after at least a portion of the device is not powered.