公开(公告)号：US11044224B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US16514074

申请日：2019-07-17

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Christopher Boyd Tirpak

IPC: H04L29/12 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/20

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining network characteristics are provided. The network characteristics may be used to facilitate changes to how content is delivered over a network, such as to avoid network congestion, to provide improved throughput, or to provide a good (or better) user experience, such as when streaming media. For example, the network characteristics may be determined, in part, by tracking domain name resolution requests by using specially formulated domain names that require resolution at an authoritative name server.

公开(公告)号：US10755085B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-25

申请号：US16244044

申请日：2019-01-09

Applicant: Dish Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Danny J. Minnick ,  Christopher Boyd Tirpak

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/488

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a mechanism for a computer user to seamlessly and readily access information that may be supplied by a number of different sources.

公开(公告)号：US10404649B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15455914

申请日：2017-03-10

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Christopher Boyd Tirpak

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/12

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining network characteristics are provided. The network characteristics may be used to facilitate changes to how content is delivered over a network, such as to avoid network congestion, to provide improved throughput, or to provide a good (or better) user experience, such as when streaming media. For example, the network characteristics may be determined, in part, by tracking domain name resolution requests by using specially formulated domain names that require resolution at an authoritative name server.

公开(公告)号：US10021448B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15359359

申请日：2016-11-22

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Max Stephen Gratton ,  Christopher Boyd Tirpak

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/2543

CPC classification number: H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/4104 ,  H04N21/41415 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4826

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.