Single-cable automatic IRD installation procedure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9654838-B2
Application number	US-201514677475-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2015
Priority date	Apr 16, 2011
Publication date	May 16, 2017
Grant date	May 16, 2017

Abstract

A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for auto-installing an integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) includes issuing an auto-installation command from the IRD to an outdoor unit (ODU) and receiving a plurality of tones from the ODU in response to the auto-installation command, each tone representing a center frequency of available user bands (UBs). The auto-installation also includes acquiring a UB center frequency by the IRD, requesting the ODU to confirm a UB number corresponding to the acquired UB center frequency, and receiving confirmation from the ODU that a UB number corresponds to the acquired UB center frequency. The auto-installation also includes sending an acceptance of the assigned UB number from the IRD to signal the ODU that it may mark the assigned UB as assigned.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An outdoor unit (ODU), comprising:
means for receiving an auto-installation command from an integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) on a single-cable;
means for sending at least one tone on the single-cable in response to the auto-installation command, wherein each at least one tone representing a center frequency of an available user band (UB);
means for receiving a request from the IRD to confirm a UB number corresponding to an acquired UB center frequency;
means for confirming the UB number corresponding to the acquired UB center frequency;
means for receiving an acceptance of assigning of the UB number from the IRD; and
means for marking the UB number as assigned.

2. The ODU of claim 1 further comprising means for receiving a request from the IRD to clear tones after the IRD has sent the acceptance of the assigned UB number.

3. The ODU of claim 1 , wherein the means for marking the UB number as assigned comprises means for assigning a “TRUE” value to the UB center frequency acquired by the IRD.

Assignees

• Entropic Communications Inc
• Entropic Communications Llc

Inventors

• Wong Peter
• Brandon Troy
• Huss Jon

Classifications

• H04N21/426

  Internal components of the client {; Characteristics thereof} (H04N5/44 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N21/6193

  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 title

• H04H20/63 Primary

  to plural spots in a confined site, e.g. MATV [Master Antenna Television] · CPC title

• H04H40/90

  specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving · CPC title

• H04N21/443

  OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB · CPC title