Method and apparatus for providing wireless digital television service

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving one or more wireless digital television signals, wherein each of the one or more wireless digital television signals comprise a plurality of data segments for presenting media content, buffering the plurality of data segments of each of the one or more wireless digital television signals to generate one or more buffered data segments to cause a presentation delay of the media content, and detecting a missing data segment in the one or more buffered data segments. The method can further include transmitting a first request to a cellular communication system to provide the missing data segment, and receiving from the cellular communication system the missing data segment prior to an expiration of the presentation delay to continue a presentation of the media content without interruption. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
first and second mobile television receivers; a cellular transceiver; a memory that stores instructions; and a processor coupled to the first and second mobile television receivers, the cellular transceiver, and the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising:
receiving from the first mobile television receiver a first wireless digital television signal comprising a first plurality of data segments for presenting a television program;receiving from the second mobile television receiver a second wireless digital television signal comprising a second plurality of data segments for presenting a copy of the television program;detecting a transition from one of the first wireless digital television signal and the second wireless digital television signal, wherein responsive to the detecting of the transition, a next wireless digital television signal is determined to replace the one of the first wireless digital television signal and the second wireless digital television signal;buffering, via the memory, the first and the second plurality of data segments to generate a first and a second buffered plurality of data segments to cause a presentation delay of the television program;periodically selecting data segments from one of the first or the second buffered plurality of data segments as periodically selected data segments;presenting the television program according to the periodically selected data segments;upon detecting a missing data segment in the first and the second buffered plurality of data segments, the processor is operable to: transmit via the cellular transceiver a request to a network element to provide the missing data segment, and receive via the cellular transceiver the missing data segment prior to an expiration of the presentation delay to continue the presentation of the television program without interruption; and receiving from the network element information relating to a location of each of a plurality of terrestrial base stations transmitting wireless digital television signals, wherein the detecting the transition further comprises utilizing a look-up table to determine the next wireless digital television signal based on a location of the first and second mobile television receiver.