Patent ID: 8849225

Claim:
A method of simultaneously receiving plural signals from plural source channels using plural receivers that are coupled to a control system having a database for locking records linking individual receivers to individual source channels, which have identification codes, the method comprising the steps of: sequentially sampling a list of source channels for signals by a first receiver, and upon detecting a current signal on a first source channel, receiving said current signal and reporting a corresponding first channel identification code to the control system; upon receipt of said first channel identification code by the control system, searching the database for a locking record containing said first channel identification code; upon finding a locking record containing said first channel identification code linked to a different receiver in the database, communicating a cease reception command to said first receiver, thereby causing said first receiver cease receiving said current signal; upon determining that a locking record containing said first channel identification code is not stored in the database, storing a new locking record in the database linking said first receiver to said first channel identification code, thereby enabling said first receiver to continue receiving for at least the duration of said current signal.