Method and system for an internet protocol LNB supporting positioning

• US 9,326,101 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2014
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Radioxio, LLC
• Original Assignee: Maxlinear Incorporated
• Inventors: Ling, Curtis, Chang, Glenn, Gallagher, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Hai V
• Application Number:
  US14/256,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20140274134A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/185 Space-based or airborne stations; Stations for satellite systemsH04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18515 Transmission equipment in satellites or space-based relays
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18517 Transmission equipment in earth stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18523 Satellite systems for providing broadcast service to terrestrial stations, i.e. broadcast satellite service arrangements specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving H04H40/90; picture transmission via satellite H04N1/00103; television transmission via satellite H04N7/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18526 Arrangements for data linking, networking or transporting, or for controlling an end to end session data switching networks H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/08 among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/90 specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/21 Billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/23 using cryptography, e.g. encryption, authentication, key distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 4/00 Combined time-division and frequency-division multiplex systems H04J13/00 takes precedence ; data transmission H04L5/26; telemetry G08C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4343 Extraction or processing of packetized elementary streams [PES]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4382 Demodulation or channel decoding, e.g. QPSK demodulation analog front ends or means for connecting modulators, demodulators or transceivers to a transmission line H04L27/0002
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4405 involving video stream decryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4408 involving video stream encryption, e.g. re-encrypting a decrypted video stream for redistribution in a home network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/441 : Acquiring end-user identification , e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 : involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 : Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/61 : Network physical structure; Signal processing H04B takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6143 : involving transmission via a satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6193 : involving transmission via a satellite arrangements for data linking, networking or transporting, or for controlling an end to end session in a satellite broadcast system H04B7/18526
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 : IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 : using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 : Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 : Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 : Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 : Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 : Gateway arrangements

Abstract

An Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly, which may be within a satellite reception assembly, may be operable to determine location information and/or time information of the IP LNB assembly, such as via a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module in the IP LNB assembly. The IP LNB assembly may provide services based on the determined location information and/or the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly. The IP LNB assembly may communicate the determined location information and/or the determined time information to a wireless communication device for determining location information of the wireless communication device. The IP LNB assembly may determine location information of a wireless source device based on a signal received from the wireless source device, the determined location information and the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

performing, in an Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly that is within a satellite reception assembly;

determining location information and/or time information of the IP LNB assembly;

providing services based on the determined location information and/or the determined time information; and

communicating the determined location information and/or the determined time information to a wireless communication device which is communicatively coupled to the IP LNB assembly;

wherein;

location information of the wireless communication device is determined by the wireless communication device, based on the determined location information and the determined time information communicated from the IP LNB assembly and based on other location information and corresponding other time information communicated from one or more other IP LNB assemblies; and

the wireless communication device is communicatively coupled to the one or more other IP LNB assemblies for receipt of the other location information and/or other time information.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining the location information and/or the time information of the IP LNB assembly via a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module in the IP LNB assembly.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

receiving the location information of the wireless communication device from the wireless communication device; and

storing the received location information of the wireless communication device.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising performing digital rights management (DRM) and/or conditional access (CA) for content delivery based on the determined location information of the IP LNB assembly.

5. The method according to claim 1, comprising communicating the determined time information to one or more other IP LNB assemblies in a region for accurate timing recovery for the region.

6. The method according to claim 1, comprising generating a location map for a region based on the determined location information of the IP LNB assembly along with other location information associated with other IPLNB assemblies in the region.

7. The method according to claim 1, comprising detecting relocation of the satellite reception assembly and/or an associated gateway based on the determined location information of the IP LNB assembly.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining location information of a wireless source device based on the determined location information and the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly along with a plurality of other location information and a plurality of corresponding other time information associated with a plurality of other IP LNB assemblies, wherein:

the plurality of other IP LNB assemblies are communicatively coupled to the IP LNB assembly; and

the time information and each of the other time information are determined based on receiving a corresponding signal from the wireless source device.

9. The method according to claim 8, comprising determining the location information of the wireless source device locally and/or remotely via a location server.

10. The method according to claim 8, comprising:

storing, in a database, the determined location information of the wireless source device along with other characteristics of the wireless source device; and

wherein;

the database also stores location information and other characteristics associated with a plurality of other wireless source devices; and

the database is utilized by a third party, in real-time or at some later time, to verify a location of a particular wireless source device.

11. A system, comprising:

one or more circuits for use in an Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly within a satellite reception assembly, wherein the one or more circuits are operable to;

determine location information and/or time information of the IP LNB assembly;

provide services based on the determined location information and/or the determined time information; and

communicate the determined location information and/or the determined time information to a wireless communication device which is communicatively coupled to the IP LNB assembly;

wherein;

location information of the wireless communication device is determined by the wireless communication device, based on the location information and the time information communicated from the IP LNB assembly and based on other location information and corresponding other time information communicated from one or more other IP LNB assemblies, and

the wireless communication device is communicatively coupled to the one or more other IP LNB assemblies for receipt of the other location information and/or other time information.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the one or more circuits are operable to:

receive the location information of the wireless communication device from the wireless communication device; and

store the received location information of the wireless communication device.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the one or more circuits are operable to perform digital rights management (DRM) and/or conditional access (CA) for content delivery based on the determined location information of the IP LNB assembly.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the one or more circuits are operable to communicate the determined time information to one or more other IP LNB assemblies in a region for accurate timing recovery for the region.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the one or more circuits are operable to determine location information of a wireless source device based on the determined location information and the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly along with a plurality of other location information and a plurality of corresponding other time information associated with a plurality of other IP LNB assemblies, wherein:

the plurality of other IP LNB assemblies are communicatively coupled to the IP LNB assembly; and

the time information and each of the other time information are determined based on receiving a corresponding signal from the wireless source device.

16. A method, comprising:

performing, in an Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly that is within a satellite reception assembly;

determining location information and/or time information of the IP LNB assembly;

providing services based on the determined location information and/or the determined time information; and

determining location information of a wireless source device based on the determined location information and the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly, along with a plurality of other location information and a plurality of other time information associated respectively with a plurality of other IP LNB assemblies;

wherein;

the plurality of other IP LNB assemblies are communicatively coupled to the IP LNB assembly for receipt of the respective other location information and/or other time information; and

the time information and each of the other time information are determined based on receiving a corresponding signal from the wireless source device.

17. The method according to claim 16, comprising determining the location information and/or the time information of the IP LNB assembly via a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module in the IP LNB assembly.

18. The method according to claim 16, comprising performing digital rights management (DRM) and/or conditional access (CA) for content delivery based on the determined location information of the IP LNB assembly.

19. The method according to claim 16, comprising communicating the determined time information to one or more other IP LNB assemblies in a region for accurate timing recovery for the region.

20. The method according to claim 16, comprising generating a location map for a region based on the determined location information of the IP LNB assembly along with other location information associated with other IPLNB assemblies in the region.

21. The method according to claim 16, comprising detecting relocation of the satellite reception assembly and/or an associated gateway based on the determined location information of the IP LNB assembly.

22. The method according to claim 16, comprising determining the location information of the wireless source device locally and/or remotely via a location server.

23. The method according to claim 16, comprising:

storing, in a database, the determined location information of the wireless source device along with other characteristics of the wireless source device; and

wherein;

the database also stores location information and other characteristics associated with a plurality of other wireless source devices; and

the database is utilized by a third party, in real-time or at some later time, to verify a location of a particular wireless source device.

24. A system, comprising:

one or more circuits for use in an Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly within a satellite reception assembly, wherein the one or more circuits are operable to;

determine location information and/or time information of the IP LNB assembly;

provide services based on the determined location information and/or the determined time information; and

determine location information of a wireless source device based on the determined location information and the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly, along with a plurality of other location information and a plurality of other time information associated respectively with a plurality of other IP LNB assemblies;

wherein;

the plurality of other IP LNB assemblies are communicatively coupled to the IP LNB assembly for receipt of the respective other location information and/or other time information; and

the time information and each of the other time information are determined based on receiving a corresponding signal from the wireless source device.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein the one or more circuits are operable to perform digital rights management (DRM) and/or conditional access (CA) for content delivery based on the determined location information of the IP LNB assembly.

26. The system according to claim 24, wherein the one or more circuits are operable to communicate the determined time information to one or more other IP LNB assemblies in a region for accurate timing recovery for the region.