20 results about "Satellite television" patented technology

Improved technical functionality is provided to dynamically select and seamlessly play advertisements immediately before playing of a recorded program upon selection of the recorded program for playing, or upon other detected events and conditions associated with the set-top-box (STB) or user. In some embodiments, this is performed by using metadata which may be delivered to and stored on a digital video recorder (DVR) prior to recording the program, providing a technical solution to enable opportunities for additional advertisement impressions. Playing of the advertisement may also or instead occur upon the recorded program finishing playing. Thus, the technical solution provides the additional opportunity for the content creator and / or the satellite television or cable service provider to sell advertising spots in addition to those already sold for breaks within the recorded program.

Improved technical functionality is provided to dynamically select and seamlessly play advertisements immediately before playing of a recorded program upon selection of the recorded program for playing, or upon other detected events and conditions associated with the set-top-box (STB) or user. In some embodiments, this is performed by using metadata which may be delivered to and stored on a digital video recorder (DVR) prior to recording the program, providing a technical solution to enable opportunities for additional advertisement impressions. Playing of the advertisement may also or instead occur upon the recorded program finishing playing. Thus, the technical solution provides the additional opportunity for the content creator and / or the satellite television or cable service provider to sell advertising spots in addition to those already sold for breaks within the recorded program.

A predictive programmatic system (100) uses an addressable asset delivery system to provide audience information for non-addressable asset delivery opportunities. The illustrated system (100) is implemented in connection with an addressable asset delivery system (102) deployed, for example, in a cable or satellite television network. The addressable asset delivery system (102) is used to address assets to user devices 104 of a communications network. An asset provider may request dissemination of an asset over the communications network via a contracting platform (106). A targeting module (108) is operative for accessing audience information (110) and providing targeting information to the contracting platform (106). The audience information (110) may be developed by obtaining information regarding the audiences for addressable asset delivery opportunities and associated level of interest and conversion information, and the targeting module (108) may use information to characterize overall audiences for non-addressable asset delivery opportunities. This information can be provided to the contracting platform (106) to assist asset providers in identifying non-addressable asset delivery opportunities for specific assets of the asset providers.

Improved technical functionality is provided to dynamically select and seamlessly play advertisements immediately before playing of a recorded program upon selection of the recorded program for playing, or upon other detected events and conditions associated with the set-top-box (STB) or user. In some embodiments, this is performed by using metadata which may be delivered to and stored on a digital video recorder (DVR) prior to recording the program, providing a technical solution to enable opportunities for additional advertisement impressions. Playing of the advertisement may also or instead occur upon the recorded program finishing playing. Thus, the technical solution provides the additional opportunity for the content creator and / or the satellite television or cable service provider to sell advertising spots in addition to those already sold for breaks within the recorded program.

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, in particular to a frame header detection method and system for a satellite television broadcasting system, and the method comprises the steps: monitoring a radio frequency end in real time, collecting baseband IQ data to be subjected to frame header detection from the radio frequency end, and carrying out the calculation to obtain a differential phase of the baseband IQ data to be subjected to frame header detection; obtaining synchronous word symbols, and constructing a phase difference query table based on the synchronous word symbols; performing rotation adjustment on elements of a differential phase of the baseband IQ data to be subjected to frame header detection according to the phase difference query table, and then calculating the sum of phase differences; and calculating and obtaining frame header position information of the baseband I Q data to be subjected to frame header detection based on the phase sum. According to the invention, the problem of balancing the anti-frequency-offset performance and the anti-noise performance in the prior art is solved, the system architecture is simplified, and a more efficient and reliable synchronous detection means is provided for a satellite television broadcasting system.

The utility model relates to the technical field of satellite television change-over switches, and discloses a satellite television signal one-out-of-four change-over switch product structure which comprises a circuit PC board, a zinc alloy machine shell and a plastic protective shell. According to the application, the one-out-of-four switching circuit in the circuit PC board is the core, five ports of the one-out-of-four switching circuit are accurately connected with the input and output ports of the zinc alloy casing, the stability and safety of the circuit are ensured through riveting grounding, and the circuit plays a key role in signal processing and transmission. The zinc alloy casing provides solid physical support and a good shielding effect for the whole structure, and protects an internal circuit from external interference. The buckling design of the plastic protective shell and the zinc alloy shell ensures that the circuit PC board is prevented from being eroded by dust and moisture, saves the traditional process of using a large amount of waterproof glue, effectively reduces the cost, enables the product to have practicability and economical efficiency, realizes a stable satellite television signal switching function in a limited space, and has a wide application prospect. And the multi-satellite program receiving requirement of the user is met.

Improved technical functionality is provided to dynamically select and seamlessly play advertisements immediately before playing of a recorded program upon selection of the recorded program for playing, or upon other detected events and conditions associated with the set-top-box (STB) or user. In some embodiments, this is performed by using metadata which may be delivered to and stored on a digital video recorder (DVR) prior to recording the program, providing a technical solution to enable opportunities for additional advertisement impressions. Playing of the advertisement may also or instead occur upon the recorded program finishing playing. Thus, the technical solution provides the additional opportunity for the content creator and / or the satellite television or cable service provider to sell advertising spots in addition to those already sold for breaks within the recorded program.

The application provides a digital satellite television signal time difference measurement method, which increases a time value measurement process on the basis of the prior art. In the time value measurement process, a time interval Delta N between a data rising edge and a subsequent atomic clock output nominal frequency rising edge is measured by using a time-to-digital converter, so as to improve the time stamp precision. Time code data in the time value corresponding to the time stamp is added, so as to avoid errors above seconds in the time difference calculation process. The application can eliminate the influence of large errors and counter resolution on the measurement precision, improve the time difference measurement resolution to the order of tens of picoseconds, and has high measurement precision and good accuracy.

The utility model relates to the technical field of amplifiers, and discloses a C-band DPOM main body structure which comprises a body, a circular resonance cavity is formed in the body, one end of the circular resonance cavity penetrates through the bottom of the body, two probe mounting holes are formed in the circular resonance cavity, and the other end of the circular resonance cavity penetrates through the bottom of the body. Signals are input through the circular resonance cavity, the transmission loss of the circular resonance cavity is small, noise outside an effective frequency band can be effectively filtered out after satellite television downlink signals pass through the circular resonance cavity, and extremely high anti-interference capacity can be achieved. And through the structural design, the C-band DPOM main body structure has the characteristics of small size, low cost and easiness in assembly, and has relatively strong filtering and anti-interference effects in a complex electromagnetic environment.

The utility model relates to television accessories technical field discloses folding satellite TV high frequency head storage structure, including storage cylinder, high frequency connector, the high frequency connector rotates and connects the bottom outer wall of storage cylinder through bearing, the top inner wall of high frequency connector is fixedly connected with signal line, signal line is fixedly connected in the bottom inner wall of signal extension frame away from one end of high frequency connector, be provided with storage mechanism on the storage cylinder, be provided with auxiliary mechanism on high frequency connector, the storage mechanism includes T type groove, T type groove sets up in the left side inner wall of storage cylinder, the inner wall sliding connection of T type groove has T type frame. In the utility model, through the linkage design of telescopic spring, T type groove and threaded rod, realize the automatic reset and accurate folding storage of signal frame and signal extension frame, cooperate with the affixed limit of soft board, effectively avoid the high frequency head internal component to shake and crash in the carrying process.

The present invention relates generally to the provision of targeted advertisements in media. Systems and methods are described which facilitate addressable and non-addressable distribution of assets across a plurality of distribution networks and platforms. In this regard, an advertiser may be able to place a single order for advertising through a media distribution platform that allocates and distributes the asset via multiple channels such as internet streaming, websites (e.g., banners, pop-ups, overlays, etc.), cable, satellite, etc.

Techniques for augmenting IP television streams are presented herein. In some techniques, an original video stream is encoded as a compressed video stream by a satellite television system and broadcast via a satellite television network. The lost data resulting from encoding the original video stream as the compressed video stream is encoded as an augmentation video stream and transmitted to a remote device via the Internet in response to a request from the remote device received by the satellite television system via the Internet to enhance the compressed video stream with the augmentation video stream.

The invention discloses an EPG processing method of a dual-mode set top box, the dual-mode set top box and a system, and the EPG processing method of the dual-mode set top box is applied to the dual-mode set top box and comprises the steps: obtaining a first electronic program list of a satellite television through the Internet; searching a second electronic program list of the local terrestrial digital television, and uploading the first electronic program list and the second electronic program list to the preset server; and receiving a target electronic program list sent by the preset server, wherein the target electronic program list is obtained after the preset server carries out comparison and re-operation on the first electronic program list and the second electronic program list. According to the technical scheme provided by the invention, automatic pulling, comparison, synthesis and issuing of the EPG are realized, manual operation and channel redundancy can be eliminated, and the method is particularly suitable for a Zhongsa-9 dual-mode enhanced set top box.

Methods and apparatus for selectively enforcing required insertion or viewing of secondary content, such as advertisements or promotions, in a content distribution network. In one embodiment, the network is a managed network (e.g., cable television, satellite, or the like), and the method includes identifying secondary content with a particular attribute or property (e.g., an advertisement that a user has watched before), and selectively enabling one or more “trick mode” functions relating to that secondary content. In one implementation, audio codes or watermarks are inserted into the secondary content and detected when the content is accessed or rendered; if the detected content matches a database or listing of previously played content for that user or premises, the trick mode functionality (e.g., FF or “skip”) is enabled, thereby allowing the user to bypass the content.

The invention relates to the technical field of satellite communication, and discloses an intelligent satellite television antenna and a control system thereof, and the antenna comprises an outer cover, a mounting seat, a double-shaft rotating stand and an antenna body. The inertial measurement module is mounted on the rotating stand, and the main control module is fixed on the mounting seat. The main control module is configured to execute motion decoupling logic, and the yaw angular velocity of the carrier is separated by calculating the difference between the compound angular velocity measured by the inertia measurement module and the mechanical rotating speed fed back by the azimuth encoder; and compensating a mechanical angle difference value in a satellite capturing period by using a carrier rotation component obtained by integrating the yaw angular velocity so as to obtain a real relative azimuth angle of the target satellite in a geographic space. The self-adaptive variable-speed scanning and frequency drift correction technology is also combined, and accurate removal of carrier motion interference and high-precision autonomous satellite finding and attitude calculation are realized without external navigation and magnetic compass assistance.

The utility model relates to the technical field of signal change-over switches, and discloses a satellite television signal eight-in one-out circuit board structure which comprises a circuit board body. The circuit board body is provided with a one-out-eight switching control circuit, an eight-path signal driving switching circuit used for executing switching of a signal channel and a driving circuit, an eight-path LNB signal input channel circuit used for ensuring signal transmission quality, and eight-path LNB signal input ports used for connecting external LNB signals to the eight-path LNB signal input channel circuit in a one-to-one correspondence mode. The combiner is used for combining the signals; the output port is used for outputting the signals; and the one-out-of-eight switching control circuit is connected with a DiSEqC chip R801 used for identifying different DiSEqC signals from the receiver. The satellite television signal eight-in one-out circuit board structure has the advantages of being simple in circuit board structure, small in signal attenuation, long in transmission distance, high in loading capacity and the like.

The utility model relates to the technical field of satellite television change-over switches, and discloses a satellite television signal two-in and one-out circuit board structure which comprises a circuit board body provided with a DiSEqC one-out-two change-over switch and an IC chip 108Y. According to the invention, efficient and stable satellite television signal two-in and one-out control is realized; in the signal processing process, satellite television signals of different sources or characteristics can be received through the two-path LNB signal input channel circuit, the IC chip 108Y is matched with the two-path DiSEqC signal output driving switching circuit of the DiSEqC either-or change-over switch, input signals are screened and switched accurately according to control instructions, and the signal processing efficiency is improved. According to the utility model, the problem of attenuation of satellite signals caused by factors such as transmission distance and frequency is effectively solved, the signal-to-noise ratio and stability of the signals are improved, the circuit design is simplified, the processing and manufacturing difficulty and labor cost are reduced, batch production and market promotion are facilitated, and reliable guarantee is provided for efficient transmission and reception of satellite television signals.

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication, in particular to a frequency offset estimation method and system for a satellite television broadcasting system, and the method comprises the steps: monitoring a radio frequency end in real time, collecting baseband IQ data to be subjected to frequency offset estimation from the radio frequency end, and carrying out the calculation to obtain a differential phase of the baseband IQ data to be subjected to frequency offset estimation; acquiring a reference signal, and constructing a phase difference look-up table based on the reference signal; calculating an average phase difference of differential phases of the baseband IQ data to be subjected to frequency offset estimation according to the phase difference lookup table; and calculating a frequency offset estimation value of the baseband I Q data to be subjected to frequency offset estimation based on the average phase difference. According to the invention, the limitation of the prior art can be overcome, and a simple, efficient and low-cost large frequency offset measurement method is provided to meet the strict requirements of a modern satellite communication system on high performance, low complexity and economical efficiency.

The invention discloses a satellite signal collinear transmission method, a satellite signal collinear receiving method and an outdoor unit device, relates to the field of satellite televisions, and is used for multiple users to share one satellite antenna and one cable to receive satellite signals. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring at least one path of satellite signal received by a tuner LNB; respectively converting different program frequency points of the obtained satellite signal into zero intermediate frequency digital signals; modulating each zero intermediate frequency digital signal into a radio frequency signal of a corresponding frequency point; all radio frequency signals are mixed and transmitted in the same cable after power amplification. Satellite signals are uniformly received through the same satellite antenna, and radio frequency signals of different program frequency points are transmitted through the same cable, so that the cost and complexity of hardware equipment, wiring and installation are reduced.

The utility model is suitable for the technical field of multi-satellite television reception, and provides a tuner device system integrated with a satellite selection function, so as to share one satellite antenna to receive television programs of three adjacent satellites. Comprising a common low-cost satellite tuner, a satellite tuner with a satellite change-over switch function, a radio frequency connecting line and a satellite tuner support part. The two common low-cost satellite tuners are used for reducing the frequency of received KU full-band 10.7-12.75 GHz satellite signals into 950-2150 MHz intermediate-frequency signals, then the intermediate-frequency signals are transmitted to the satellite tuner with a satellite switching switch function through the two radio frequency connectors, the three tuners are fixedly installed on the satellite tuner support, and the two common low-cost satellite tuners are used for transmitting the intermediate-frequency signals to the satellite tuner support. The satellite tuner with the satellite change-over switch function transmits signals to the satellite set top box through a radio frequency connecting line, the satellite set top box controls the satellite tuner with the satellite change-over switch function through a DiSEqC instruction, and satellite television nodes of three adjacent satellites are watched.