Patents Assigned to Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC
  • Publication number: 20260197510
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for implementing a live sporting events broadcasting system for a betting application. An aspect operates by determining a geolocation of the user device and transmitting a program information request to a scheduling server. The program information request indicates the geolocation. The aspect further operates by receiving scheduling information of a live event in the geolocation from the scheduling server and receiving a broadcast signal based on the scheduling information. Finally, the aspect displays the live event based on the broadcast signal and performs one or more betting operations using the betting application in association with the live event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin James COTLOVE
  • Publication number: 20260197514
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product aspects for implementing a live sporting events broadcasting system for a betting application. An aspect operates by tuning to a channel corresponding to a live event and receiving advanced television systems committee (ATSC) signaling via the channel. The aspect further operates by retrieving page configuration information and time information from the ATSC signaling and determining that a current time matches the time information. Finally, the aspect operates by launching a betting application using the page confirmation information and performing one or more betting operations using the betting application in association with the live event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin James COTLOVE, Sangsu KIM
  • Patent number: 12647910
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are method and apparatus for Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 and non-ATSC 3.0 broadcast Direct to Mobile (D2M) co-exist aligned open radio access network (O-RAN). One aspect of this disclosure operates by generating a broadcast frame conforming to a first communications protocol, where the broadcast frame conforming to the first communication protocol includes a slice start (SS) portion. The embodiment further generates a broadcast virtual frame container including the broadcast frame conforming to the first communication protocol and a broadcast frame conforming to a second communication protocol, where the broadcast virtual frame container further includes a virtual frame start (VFS) portion, and transmits the broadcast virtual frame container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Simon, Mark A. Aitken, Louis Herbert Libin