Locality systems and methods for digital broadcasting

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9948982
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15202197

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Systems and methods for determining location of a digital broadcast receiver. The system includes the digital broadcast receiver receiving digital broadcasting, and at least one computing device configured to determine a location of the device. In one embodiment the receiver communicates with the at least one nearby location-enabled device and receives a device location. In one embodiment the system uses acoustic pings to determine the proximity of the device to the receiver.

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SONY CORPORATIONTOKYO JAPAN

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Shintani, Peter San Diego, US 186 2734

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