Patent ID: 8059213

Claim:
A method for automated channel installation comprising: (A) executing a frequency scanning operation to lock on to a frequency; (B) determining whether the frequency scanning operation is complete, if so, the process proceeds to step (F), otherwise, to step (C); (C) determining whether the locked frequency corresponds to a reserved channel number, if so, the process proceeds to step (D), otherwise, to step (E); (D) assigning the corresponding reserved channel number to the locked frequency, and proceeding to step (A); (E) storing the locked frequency not corresponding to the reserved channel number in a caching table, and proceeding to step (A); and (F) assigning an unused channel number to the frequency stored, if any, in the caching table, wherein determining whether the locked frequency corresponds to the reserved channel number in step (C) further comprises: (C1) acquirinq a country and network (CNI) code corresponding to the locked frequency; (C2) acquirinq a channel name corresponding to the CNI code; and (C3) determining whether the acquired channel name corresponding to the locked frequency corresponds to the reserved channel number.