Method and apparatus for controlling handoffs in a mobile system
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1. A method of operating a mobile device comprising:
- determining a location of the mobile device;
determining a local television market area for the mobile device in response to the location;
broadcasting from a satellite a first local television market signal for a first television network in a first market and a second local television market signal for the first television network in a second market; and
selecting one of the first local television market signal and the second local television market signal in response to the local television market area at the mobile device.
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Abstract
A method of operating a mobile device includes determining a location of the mobile device, determining a local market area for the mobile device in response to the location. The method further includes broadcasting a local market signal for a first network in a first market and a second local market signal for the first network in a first market. The mobile device selects one of the first local market signal and the second local market signal in response to the local market for the mobile device.
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1. A method of operating a mobile device comprising:
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determining a location of the mobile device; determining a local television market area for the mobile device in response to the location; broadcasting from a satellite a first local television market signal for a first television network in a first market and a second local television market signal for the first television network in a second market; and selecting one of the first local television market signal and the second local television market signal in response to the local television market area at the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of operating a mobile device comprising:
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determining a local television market for the mobile device; determining, at the mobile device, a local television channel is present but not carried by a satellite; when a local satellite channel corresponding to the local television channel does not exist in the local television market but the local television channel is present in the local television market, blocking a network feed corresponding to the local television channel from the satellite in the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of operating a mobile device comprising:
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defining a first area corresponding to a first local television market, a second area corresponding to a second local television market and an overlapping area of the first local television market and the second local television market; moving the mobile device into a first area outside the overlapping area; tuning the mobile device to a first local television market signal; moving the mobile device to the overlapping area from the first area; maintaining the tuning of the mobile device to the first local television market signal after moving into the overlapping area; moving the mobile device from the overlapping area into the second area outside the overlapping area; and when the mobile device is in the second area outside the overlapping area, tuning the device to a second local television market signal. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A method of operating a receiving device comprising:
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determining whether the receiving device is tuned to a major network on a satellite channel; determining a location of the receiving device; determining at least one local market area of the receiving device in response to the location; determining whether the receiving device is tuned to a national broadcast of the major network; and when the receiving device is tuned to a national broadcast and the receiving device moves, tuning to a second channel corresponding to the second local market area for the major network. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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