Location-based operational control of a transmitter

• US 9,408,042 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iheartcommunications Inc. (iHeartMedia, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Iheartcommunications Inc. (iHeartMedia, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stubbs, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jackson, Blane J
• Application Number:
  US13/803,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050542A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,237 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422.1, 455/436, 455/437, 455/440, 455/456.1, 455/427, 455/439, 455/456.3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/185 Space-based or airborne stations; Stations for satellite systemsH04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

A method includes receiving location information from a Global Positioning System receiver, retrieving geo-fence data from a geo-fence database corresponding to a boundary of a jurisdiction, automatically selecting between a first or second frequency band satellite transmitter based on the comparison.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a hub station, receiving location data from a satellite antenna controller coupled to a first frequency band satellite transmitter and to a second frequency band satellite transmitter of a vehicle;

receiving data related to the satellite antenna controller or the vehicle while the vehicle is en route, and storing the data in a memory, wherein the data includes a location, a satellite transmission band, or any combination thereof, and wherein the data is at least one of;

transmitted to a regulatory authority of a jurisdiction or received periodically;

retrieving geo-fence data from a geo-fence database, the geo-fence data corresponding to a boundary of the jurisdiction;

comparing the location data and the geo-fence data; and

based on the comparison, sending at least one command to the controller based on a requirement of the jurisdiction, wherein the at least one command indicates a selection of the first band satellite frequency transmitter or the second band satellite frequency transmitter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one command further indicates a transmit frequency, a receive frequency, a symbol rate, a modulation type, a forward error correction configuration, or any combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data further includes a symbol rate, a modulation type, a forward error correction configuration, a carrier power level, or any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is received periodically according to a time period that is determined by the regulatory authority of the jurisdiction.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is received at least once per hour.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the hub station is land based.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

receiving, at a hub station, location data from a satellite antenna controller coupled to a first frequency band satellite transmitter and to a second frequency band satellite transmitter of a vehicle;

receiving data related to the satellite antenna controller or the vehicle while the vehicle is en route, wherein the data includes a location, a satellite transmission band, or any combination thereof;

storing the data in memory;

determining whether a geo-fence database of the vehicle is out of date; and

when the geo-fence database of the vehicle is out of date, updating the geo-fence database of the vehicle from a master database.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further include, validating the data after updating the geo-fence database of the vehicle.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the data further includes a symbol rate, a modulation type, a forward error correction configuration, a carrier power level, or any combination thereof.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further include sending the data to a regulatory authority.

11. A system comprising:

a hub station configured to;

receive location data from a satellite antenna controller that is coupled to a first frequency band satellite transmitter and to a second frequency band satellite transmitter of a vehicle, wherein the hub station receives data related to the satellite antenna controller or the vehicle while the vehicle is en route, wherein the data includes a location, a satellite transmission band, or any combination thereof; and

store the data in a memory, wherein the data is at least one of;

transmitted to a regulatory authority of a jurisdiction or received periodically; and

a geo-fence database configured to retrieve geo-fence data, the geo-fence data corresponding to a boundary of the jurisdiction, wherein the location data and the geo-fence data are compared, and based on the comparison, at least one command is sent to the satellite antenna controller based on a requirement of the jurisdiction, wherein the at least one command indicates a selection of the first band satellite frequency transmitter or the second band satellite frequency transmitter.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one command further indicates a transmit frequency, a receive frequency, a symbol rate, a modulation type, a forward error correction configuration, or any combination thereof.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the data further includes a symbol rate, a modulation type, a forward error correction configuration, a carrier power level, or any combination thereof.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the data is received periodically according to a time period that is determined by the regulatory authority of the jurisdiction.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the data is received at least once per hour.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the hub station is land based.