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.

公开(公告)号：US10462516B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15963494

申请日：2018-04-26

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Max Stephen Gratton ,  Christopher Boyd Tirpak

IPC: H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/41 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US20180249203A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15963494

申请日：2018-04-26

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Max Stephen Gratton ,  Christopher Boyd Tirpak

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

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.

公开(公告)号：US10045063B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US15433760

申请日：2017-02-15

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Henry Gregg Martch ,  Max Stephen Gratton

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/438

CPC classification number: H04N21/42607 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4349 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/812

Abstract: Various arrangements for controlling presentation of the video mosaic are presented. A television receiver may store a front-end switching condition and a back-end switching condition. The front-end switching condition may define criteria occurring within a piece of content that triggers when focus is to switch from the piece of content to another piece of content. The back-end switching condition may define when focus is to switch to a higher-ranked piece of content. The television receiver may output to a presentation device, the video mosaic comprising a plurality of pieces of content presented within a plurality of tiles. The television receiver may control focus among the plurality of tiles within the video mosaic based on the front-end switching condition and the back-end switching condition, wherein one tile from the plurality of tiles receives focus at a given time.