公开(公告)号：US20210377608A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-02

申请号：US16886190

申请日：2020-05-28

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Jason Paul Carlson ,  John Huynh ,  Yunfeng Yang ,  Seth Byerley ,  Gowtham Ram Ramkumar ,  Mark John Sokald

IPC: H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/472

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, re-run, and a Joey request type.