公开(公告)号：US10484753B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15474907

申请日：2017-03-30

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： William Michael Beals ,  John Hamrick

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/418 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04W12/06 ,  G06F21/85 ,  G06F21/10

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for hardware enforcement of hardware functionality in a client television receiver. An activation message containing an activation code for a specific hardware component within the client television receiver can be transmitted from a television service provider system to a host television receiver having an associated smart card. The smart card can decrypt the activation message, identify the client television receiver as the destination of the activation message, security check the activation message, encrypt the activation message with a local key, and transmit the activation message to a security processor on the client television receiver. The security processor can decrypt the activation message, security check the activation message to ensure it is from the smart card and has not been tampered with, and enable the hardware component within the client television receiver based on the activation code within the activation message.

公开(公告)号：US10482127B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15872597

申请日：2018-01-16

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Jesus Flores Guerra

IPC: H04N7/173 ,  G06F16/78 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/8405 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/482

Abstract: Described are systems, methods and computer program products for suggesting television programs to a user by, for example, analyzing closed caption or subtitle content of unwatched or unrecorded video content to determine if the video content is of interest to the user. The user may indicate one or more keywords for use in the analysis and the analysis may scan the text of the closed caption or subtitle content to identify matches to the keywords. Beside user input keywords, the keywords may also be determined through analysis of video content watched or recorded by the user to determine frequently encountered words. These frequently encountered words may automatically be used in matching the text of the closed caption or subtitle content. The users may also or alternatively select particular words of the frequently encountered words to use for matching.

公开(公告)号：US10469555B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US16252356

申请日：2019-01-18

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： David F. Brueck ,  Mark B. Hurst ,  R. Drew Major

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/927 ,  H04L12/801 ,  G06F16/71 ,  G06F16/182 ,  H04N7/24 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N21/2662

Abstract: An apparatus for multi-bitrate content streaming includes a receiving module configured to capture media content, a streamlet module configured to segment the media content and generate a plurality of streamlets, and an encoding module configured to generate a set of streamlets. The system includes the apparatus, wherein the set of streamlets comprises a plurality of streamlets having identical time indices and durations, and each streamlet of the set of streamlets having a unique bitrate, and wherein the encoding module comprises a master module configured to assign an encoding job to one of a plurality of host computing modules in response to an encoding job completion bid. A method includes receiving media content, segmenting the media content and generating a plurality of streamlets, and generating a set of streamlets.

公开(公告)号：US20190332974A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：US15964303

申请日：2018-04-27

Applicant: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.

Inventor： Kayhan Karatekeli ,  Srinath Raghavan ,  Swapnil Tilaye

IPC: G06Q10/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, processes, and computer-readable mediums for facilitating the use of drones are described. For one embodiment, such a system includes a user element having a user application computer program configured to instruct a user interface device to facilitate use of user data and use of mission parameter(s) for a proposed drone mission. An owner element includes an owner application computer program configured to facilitate use of owner data and use of at least one drone parameter. A fleet system element is communicatively coupled to the user element and to the owner element and includes a computer system processor configured to facilitate use of a fleet record and use of at least one fleet parameter.

公开(公告)号：US20190297375A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：US16424915

申请日：2019-05-29

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Mark Templeman

IPC: H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/4545

Abstract: Various arrangements for providing a multichannel viewing event are presented. A definition of the multichannel viewing event may be transmitted to multiple television receivers. A television receiver may, as part of an electronic programming guide, provide a single-selection option to activate the multichannel viewing event based on the definition. In response to receiving user input that selects the single-selection option, the definition of the multichannel viewing event is accessed. The television receiver may output the television channels defined in the definition of the multichannel viewing event. A video stream that includes live feeds of multiple television channels may then be output to a display device for simultaneous presentation.

公开(公告)号：US10426042B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-24

申请号：US15905063

申请日：2018-02-26

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Andros X Thomson, Jr. ,  Yt Ho

IPC: H05K1/18 ,  H05K3/34 ,  H05K1/11 ,  H05K3/00

Abstract: An approach for through-hole component soldering for a PCB, and a resulting PCB assembly, that eliminates protruding solder joints, is provided. The approach comprises back-drilling, from a bottom surface of a PCB, one or more through-holes, wherein each back-drilled through-hole is back-drilled to a depth partially through the PCB and at a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the through hole. Solder paste is applied to the PCB. The components are placed on the PCB, inserting each pin into a corresponding through-hole. The PCB is passed through a solder process, whereby, within each through-hole having a component pin inserted therein, the solder paste is wicked into the through-hole, and forms a solder joint with the respective pin. Each solder joint of a back-drilled through-hole is situated within the through-hole in a manner whereby the solder joint does not protrude beyond the bottom surface of the PCB.

公开(公告)号：US10409330B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-10

申请号：US15895866

申请日：2018-02-13

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： David A. Kummer ,  Danny J. Minnick

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02

Abstract: Described are devices and methods for providing an extendable screen in a portable communications device. The device may include a first display, at least one second display, and a graphics processor, coupled to each of the first and second display. The graphics processor may be configured to perform computer executable instructions for configuring the communications device to facilitate the presenting of a first graphical image on a first display configured into a portable orientation display configuration, into an expanded orientation display configuration, where the first graphical image is presented on both the first display and the at least one second display, for into a second expanded orientation display configuration where the first graphical image is presented on one of the first display and the at least one second display, while a user interface control is presented on the other of the first display and the at least one second display.

公开(公告)号：US10405042B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US15068257

申请日：2016-03-11

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Keith Gerhards ,  Danny J. Minnick

IPC: H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N21/6587

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide various techniques for dynamically calibrating digital video recordings of television broadcasts based on analyzes of changes to time data and channel data associated with live television broadcasts. In various embodiments, television receivers may transmit sets of recording schedule data to television broadcast monitor devices, which may receive time data corresponding to live broadcast television programs from various data sources, such as satellite or cable television service providers, social media servers, user devices, and other data sources. Television broadcast monitor devices and/or television receivers may receive and analyze the live television broadcast time data and channel data, and may determine updated recording schedule data which may be used to dynamically reprogram the digital video recorders associated with one or more television receivers.

公开(公告)号：US10405026B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US16019381

申请日：2018-06-26

Applicant: DISH Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Samuel Eber ,  Eric Pleiman ,  Jesus Flores Guerra

IPC: H04N21/43 ,  G06F16/335 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N21/242 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/274 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/25 ,  H04N21/237

Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are provided for provisioning an output device for use with a media device to produce synchronized audio and video portions of media content. An exemplary method involves a media device identifying a device type associated with the output device, obtaining synchronization settings for the device type from a server via a network, and presenting audiovisual content in accordance with the synchronization settings obtained from the server.

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.