Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving large objects via digital radio broadcast

• Main Authors: SHAH CHINMAY M, MILBAR MAREK, STEKAS JAMES C, HAGGERTY JOSEPH P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.11.2013
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving large objects via digital radio broadcast involve retrieving an object and an object description; assigning a unique identifier to the object; segmenting the object into a plurality of fragments; generating at least one long message having selected ones of the fragments and a long header including the unique identifier and the object description; generating at least one short message having selected ones of the fragments and a short header including the unique identifier; and communicating the at least the long message or the short message to a digital radio broadcast transmitter. In accordance with certain embodiments, reassembly of the object can begin with either a long message or a short message.