公开(公告)号：US09661380B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14216235

申请日：2014-03-17

Applicant: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major ,  Darren Major

IPC: H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/478

CPC classification number: H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/42207 ,  H04N21/42209 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8173

Abstract: Systems, methods and devices manage second screen media content that is associated with live or previously-recorded television programming while the programming is being viewed by a user. A control application provides an HTML5 or other application program interface (API) that allows advertisers, retailers or other third parties to access the remote control application for providing useful features.

公开(公告)号：USD785632S1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US29550327

申请日：2015-12-31

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Designer： Luke VanDuyn ,  Neil T. Marten

公开(公告)号：USD785601S1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US29547284

申请日：2015-12-02

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Designer： Luke VanDuyn

公开(公告)号：USD785599S1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US29547263

申请日：2015-12-02

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Designer： Luke VanDuyn

公开(公告)号：US09635436B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-25

申请号：US14707748

申请日：2015-05-08

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Steven Michael Casagrande

IPC: H04N5/92 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N9/87 ,  H04N9/82 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/32 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/434

CPC classification number: H04N21/4147 ,  G11B27/005 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/28 ,  G11B27/3027 ,  G11B27/322 ,  H04N9/8205 ,  H04N9/87 ,  H04N21/4263 ,  H04N21/4348 ,  H04N21/8113 ,  H04N21/8133 ,  H04N21/8455

Abstract: A content receiver receives an captioning element and positional information regarding segments of a content instance. The captioning element corresponds to a component of captioning data included in content that can be utilized with the positional information to locate where the segments stop and/or start. The content receiver analyzes the content based on the captioning element and the positional information and alters how the content will be presented. Such alteration may involve skipping and/or deleting segments, starting/stopping presentation of content other than at the beginning and/or end of the content, altering recording timers, and/or replacing segments with alternative segments. In some implementations, the content may be recorded as part of recording multiple content instances received via at least one broadcast from a content provider wherein the multiple content instances are all included in a same frequency band of the broadcast and are all encoded utilizing a same control word.

公开(公告)号：US20170111696A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-20

申请号：US15389859

申请日：2016-12-23

Applicant: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Edmund Petruzzelli ,  David Kummer

IPC: H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/63 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/61

CPC classification number: H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4263 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4627 ,  H04N21/6112 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/6162 ,  H04N21/6193 ,  H04N21/632 ,  H04N21/64707

Abstract: The provisioning of media content to computing devices that might not normally have access thereto. Example types of media or media content may include advertising media, broadcast media, social media, news media, and others.

公开(公告)号：US09628893B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-18

申请号：US14721607

申请日：2015-05-26

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Gerald Robert Stevens

IPC: H04R29/00 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04W4/20 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L15/26

CPC classification number: H04R1/1041 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04R1/1091 ,  H04R29/00 ,  H04R29/001 ,  H04W4/20

Abstract: A headset includes at least one earpiece, at least one speaker coupled to the at least one earpiece, at least one sensor, and control circuitry. The at least one sensor, in operation, detects whether the at least one earpiece is abutting at least one ear of a person and outputs at least one sensor signal indicating whether the at least one earpiece is abutting the at least one ear of the person. The control circuitry, in operation, receives the at least one sensor signal from the at least one sensor, and causes at least one control signal to be provided to an external device responsive to detecting at least one change in a state of the at least one sensor signal from the at least one sensor. The at least one control signal is configured to cause the external device to pause or un-pause playing of content.

公开(公告)号：US09621724B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14185723

申请日：2014-02-20

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： William Michael Beals

IPC: H04M1/64 ,  H04M3/51 ,  G06F11/30 ,  H04M11/00

CPC classification number: H04M3/5166 ,  G06F11/3006 ,  G06F11/3055 ,  H04M2203/1075 ,  H04M2203/555

Abstract: Customer service calls to media service providers are addressed by remotely monitoring and diagnosing the customer's installed equipment. Such remote diagnosis decreases the need for assistance from customer service representatives and on-site repair technicians. In a method of operating a customer service routing system for a media service provider, subscriber equipment is first identified and then data specific to the subscriber equipment is collected. Relevant data can be maintained as an equipment health history in a database that is updated periodically by automatic monitoring. The database can be located within a remote server. Equipment data can be extracted automatically and relayed directly to the subscriber, thereby bypassing interaction with a customer service representative.

公开(公告)号：US09620171B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14137471

申请日：2013-12-20

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Milton Kapa, Jr. ,  Mark Wayne Lea

IPC: G11B27/00 ,  G11B27/034 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/765

CPC classification number: G11B27/034 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775

Abstract: A television receiver may detect at least one gap in content within an instance of recorded programming. The television receiver may send to a computer system a request to repair the at least one gap in content within the instance of recorded programming. The television receiver may receive one of content associated with the at least one gap in content, and a notification that indicates unavailability of content associated with the at least one gap in content. The television receiver may edit the instance of recorded programming to include content associated with the at least one gap in content when content associated with the at least one gap in content is received.

公开(公告)号：US20170083423A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US14858676

申请日：2015-09-18

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： James Freed ,  Jeffrey Anderson

IPC: G06F11/263 ,  G06F11/22

CPC classification number: G06F11/263 ,  G06F11/2268 ,  G06F11/2294

Abstract: An automated test platform is disclosed for use in developing and troubleshooting customized software for multimedia content receivers. The automated test platform allows developers to script test cases that permit interaction with multiple content receivers at the same time. The test platform can be applied generally to any client-server system. The automated test platform is used to create scripts, run the scripts on multiple content receivers, and view test results. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that allows technicians without any programming experience to build and run complex interactive test sequences in a modular fashion. Such an automated test platform can be used to test cable and satellite television set top boxes, as well as DVD players, streaming media receivers, and game consoles.