Patent ID: 8578427
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: communicating broadcast operation channel swap data for a first station and a second station to a broadcast operation channel management system of a broadcast system, said channel swap data comprising an effective date, a first station identifier and a first channel position and a second station identifier and a second channel position; communicating a first channel mapping data for a first channel from a traffic scheduling system database of the broadcast system to the broadcast operation channel management system; communicating a second channel mapping for a second channel from the traffic scheduling system database to the broadcast operation channel management system; updating the first channel mapping to form a first updated first channel mapping by setting a first end date of the first channel mapping to the effective date for the first station; communicating the first updated first channel mapping to the traffic scheduling database; updating the second channel mapping to form a first updated second channel mapping by setting a second end date of the second channel mapping to the effective date for the first station; communicating the first updated second channel mapping to the traffic scheduling database; forming a first new channel mapping for the first station with the effective date as a first start date at the broadcast operation channel management system; forming a second new channel mapping for the second station with the effective date as a second start date at the broadcast operation channel management system; and broadcasting the first station and second station from the broadcast system to user devices using the first new channel mapping and the second new channel mapping, respectively.