Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for handling interruptions in receiving media content due to a change in wireless frequency channel
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Application No.: US14641088Application Date: 2015-03-06
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Publication No.: US09794308B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Christopher William Bruhn , Harold Jaramillo
- Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L12/853 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L12/861

Abstract:
To address a service interruption while a procedure to change to a dynamic frequency selection (DFS) wireless frequency channel is being performed, a service interruption message is displayed to the user or some other action is taken while a wireless access point changes to the DFS wireless frequency channel. Another action to address the service interruption may be the media content client playing buffered media content stored in a buffer on the media content client to avoid an appearance to the user of an interruption in service. Also, in some embodiments, buffered video is received from the receiving device after the interruption in service has ended so that the media content client may resume playing, and the user may continue to view, the video program from the point where the user left off when the DFS change process and service interruption had started.
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