Patent ID: 7613466
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computerized method of improving the coverage of a target area by an existing radio transmitter, the method comprising: analyzing potential changes in the signal coverage of a target area of an existing radio transmitter wherein the existing radio transmitter comprises at least one of the group consisting of: an AM radio transmitter, an FM radio transmitter and a television transmitter; wherein analyzing the potential changes in the signal coverage comprises analyzing with one or more computer processors potential alternative frequencies and potential alternative channels of the existing radio transmitter based on predictions of changes in the existing radio transmitter associated with the potential alternative frequencies and potential alternative channels; testing whether the potential alternative frequencies and potential alternative channels are feasible by automatically accessing with one or more computer processors a database of FCC rules; wherein testing whether the potential alternative frequencies and potential alternative channels are feasible comprises: scoring the potential alternative frequencies and potential alternative channels of the existing radio transmitter based on user defined criteria; and ranking the potential alternative frequencies and potential alternative channels based on the scoring of the potential alternative frequencies and potential alternative channels; wherein if the potential alternative frequencies and potential alternative channels of the existing radio transmitter are infeasible due to interference from at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters, the method further comprising analyzing one or more potential alternative locations, potential alternative channels, potential alternative frequencies, and potential alternative classes of the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters to potentially remove the interference determining a feasibility of the potential alternative locations for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; determining the feasibility of the potential alternative channels and potential alternative frequencies for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; determining the feasibility of potential alternative classes for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; determining the feasibility of the potential alternative classes at each potential alternative location for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; determining the feasibility of potential alternative channels and potential alternative frequencies at each potential alternative location for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; determining the feasibility of potential alternative classes at each potential alternative channel and each potential alternative frequency for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; determining the feasibility of each potential alternative class and each potential alternative channel and each potential alternative frequency at each potential alternative location for the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; scoring the potential alternative locations, the potential alternative classes, the potential alternative channels and the potential alternative frequencies of the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters; and ranking the potential alternative locations, the potential alternative classes, the potential alternative channels and the potential alternative frequencies of the at least one of the multiple other existing radio transmitters based on the scoring of the potential alternative locations, the potential alternative classes, the potential alternative channels and the potential alternative frequencies.