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- Patent Title: Devices, systems and processes for facilitating seamless use of timers across multiple devices within a local area network
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Application No.: US16886190Application Date: 2020-05-28
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Publication No.: US11218770B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Jason Paul Carlson , John Huynh , Yunfeng Yang , Seth Byerley , Gowtham Ram Ramkumar , Mark John Sokald
- Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Wash Park IP Ltd.
- Agent John T. Kennedy
- Main IPC: H04N21/458
- IPC: H04N21/458 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/426

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and processes are described for seamless use of timers across multiple user devices on a LAN. A system may include a first user device, communicatively coupled to the LAN, having at least one first tuner and a first hardware processor configured for facilitating a first timer manager. A second user device communicatively coupled to the LAN may include at least one second tuner and a second hardware processor configured for facilitating a second timer manager. Each of the first timer manager and the second timer manager may be configured to populate a universal timer schedule that identifies at least one of a future availability and a future use for each of the at least one first tuner and the at least one second tuner. The universal timer schedule is populated based upon a request type, such as an auto-tune, PPV, original content, rerun, and a Joey request type.
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