Patent ID: 8756636
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a plurality of local channel signals for a first designated marketing area; uplinking the plurality of local channel signals to a satellite; downlinking the plurality of local channel signals from the satellite to form downlink signals using a first downlink frequency in the first designated marketing area; communicating the plurality of local channel signals through a terrestrial network to a monitoring facility outside the first designated market area; converting the plurality of local channel signals into RF signals corresponding to the downlink signal and the first downlink frequency at the monitoring facility; receiving satellite signals at the monitoring facility through an outdoor unit; filtering local channels from the satellite signals to form filtered signals; combining the filtered signals and the RF signals to form combined signals; communicating the combined signals to an input of an integrated receiver decoder within the monitoring facility; and displaying one of the combined signals at a display associated with the integrated receiver decoder.