公开(公告)号：US20150195478A1

公开(公告)日：2015-07-09

申请号：US14590701

申请日：2015-01-06

Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.

Inventor： Eric Hieb ,  Paul Langer

IPC: H04N5/50

CPC classification number: H04N5/50 ,  H04H40/90 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/4325 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/43632 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/6143

Abstract: A secondary television receiver device includes one or more television tuners that can be integrated into a whole-home television receiving system. The secondary device that is enhanced with tuner capability registers the tuners with a primary receiver, which allocates tuners from available sources as needed. The tuned video stream may be directed to the primary television receiver for storage, trick play or other features prior to re-transmission to the ultimate viewing device. Alternatively, the received video stream may be directly rendered to a video display attached to the enhanced secondary receiver.

Abstract translation: 辅助电视接收机设备包括一个或多个电视调谐器，其可被集成到整个家庭电视接收系统中。 通过调谐器功能增强的辅助设备使用主接收器注册调谐器，根据需要从可用源分配调谐器。 调整后的视频流可以在重新传输到最终观看设备之前被引导到初级电视接收机用于存储，特技播放或其它特征。 或者，所接收的视频流可以被直接呈现到附接到增强型次级接收器的视频显示器。

公开(公告)号：US20170323552A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-09

申请号：US15148075

申请日：2016-05-06

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Christopher Burns ,  Brad Bylund ,  Harold Jaramillo ,  Paul Langer ,  Jeremy Mickelsen

IPC: G08B21/18 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/44

CPC classification number: G08B21/185 ,  G01R31/00 ,  G01R31/3274 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/445

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for A user input device, such as a remote control device. In one implementation, the remote control device includes at least one pair of electrical contacts, at least one button configured to electrically connect the at least one pair of electrical contacts, and a degradation measurement module in electrical communication with at least one of the electrical contacts. The degradation measurement module is configured to determine a degradation level of the at least one button based on at least one electrical property of a circuit associated with the at least one button when the at least button electrically connects the at least one pair of electrical contacts.

公开(公告)号：US20170171582A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US14964939

申请日：2015-12-10

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Paul Langer ,  Henry Gregg Martch

IPC: H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/2383 ,  H04N21/438

CPC classification number: H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/2383 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/4382 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/6112 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/6143

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for modifying over-the-air (OTA) channels for coaxial distribution. In one example, a method includes capturing at least one set of over the air (OTA) channels, each OTA channel being associated with a broadcast frequency within an OTA frequency spectrum; selecting a subset of OTA channels from the at least one set of OTA channels; translating the selected subset of OTA channels to a set of secondary frequencies within a secondary frequency spectrum; combining the translated subset of OTA channels and one or more satellite transponder signals into a coaxial feed; and transmitting the coaxial feed to a receiving device.

公开(公告)号：US20170163335A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US14962627

申请日：2015-12-08

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies, L.L.C.

Inventor： Paul Langer

IPC: H04B7/185

CPC classification number: H04B7/18586 ,  H04B7/18513 ,  H04B7/18523 ,  H04B7/1858 ,  H04H20/10 ,  H04H20/63 ,  H04H40/90 ,  H04L61/2564 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04N7/20 ,  H04N21/23608 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2402 ,  H04N21/25808 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/4263 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04W84/06

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for assembling at least one transport stream from satellite transponder signals. In one example, the method includes capturing at least one satellite feed, the at least one satellite feed including a plurality of transponder signals; demodulating each of the plurality of transponder signals, each demodulated transponder signal corresponding to a transport stream including a plurality of input streams; parsing one or more selected streams from the plurality of input streams; assembling at least one new transport stream from the one or more selected streams; modulating the at least one new transport stream to generate at least one new transponder signal; adding the at least one new transponder signal to a channel stack; and transmitting the channel stack to a receiving device.

公开(公告)号：US09654205B1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-16

申请号：US14962627

申请日：2015-12-08

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies, L.L.C.

Inventor： Paul Langer

IPC: H04N21/44 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W84/06

CPC classification number: H04B7/18586 ,  H04B7/18513 ,  H04B7/18523 ,  H04B7/1858 ,  H04H20/10 ,  H04H20/63 ,  H04H40/90 ,  H04L61/2564 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04N7/20 ,  H04N21/23608 ,  H04N21/2362 ,  H04N21/2402 ,  H04N21/25808 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/4263 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04W84/06

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for assembling at least one transport stream from satellite transponder signals. In one example, the method includes capturing at least one satellite feed, the at least one satellite feed including a plurality of transponder signals; demodulating each of the plurality of transponder signals, each demodulated transponder signal corresponding to a transport stream including a plurality of input streams; parsing one or more selected streams from the plurality of input streams; assembling at least one new transport stream from the one or more selected streams; modulating the at least one new transport stream to generate at least one new transponder signal; adding the at least one new transponder signal to a channel stack; and transmitting the channel stack to a receiving device.