Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices, systems and processes for facilitating seamless use of tuners across multiple devices within a local area network
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Application No.: US17470086Application Date: 2021-09-09
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Publication No.: US11496791B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Mark John Sokald , Jason Paul Carlson , Seth Byerley , Yunfeng Yang , John Huynh , Gowtham Ram Ramkumar
- 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: H04N21/426
- IPC: H04N21/426 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/436 ; H04N21/458

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and processes for facilitating seamless use of tuners across multiple devices within a LAN are described and may include use of a first user device, communicatively coupled to the LAN, that includes a first hardware processor configured to execute first, non-transient, computer instructions for facilitating a first seamless tuner engine configured to identify at least one first tuner. A second user device, communicatively coupled to the LAN, may include a second hardware processor configured to execute second, non-transient, computer instructions for facilitating a second seamless tuner configured to identify at least one second tuner. At least one of, if not each, of seamless tuner engines may be configured to generate a universal tuner directory identifying availability of each the tuners. The universal tuner directory may be populated and tuners allocated based upon an emergency broadcast, auto-tune, PPV, original content, re-run, or Joey request type.
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