Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sports bar mode automatic viewing determination
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Application No.: US15359359Application Date: 2016-11-22
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Publication No.: US10021448B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Max Stephen Gratton , Christopher Boyd Tirpak
- Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/41 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/478 ; H04N21/2543

Abstract:
Described herein are methods and systems for automatically selecting television channels for display on one or more televisions based on the viewing preferences of the viewers. The viewers can enter their viewing preferences in a database through a user interface that a controller can access. The controller can receive, for a premises (e.g., a sports bar), a list of viewers. Based on the viewing preferences of the list of viewers, the controller can determine a single or a ranked list of television channels for display on the televisions. If there are multiple televisions, the controller can assign each of the televisions a television channel from the ranked list based on the ranking. The controller can send an instruction to the STB controlling the television(s) to set the assigned television channel to the assigned television.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180146240A1 SPORTS BAR MODE AUTOMATIC VIEWING DETERMINATION Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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