公开(公告)号：US11012737B1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US16859736

申请日：2020-04-27

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Kate Megan Carney Landow

IPC: H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/643

Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory, machine-readable media are disclosed for audio adaption of content items to device operations of an endpoint media device. First observation data corresponding to media device operations associated with a first media device and mapped to first content items may be processed. A first content composite including an adaptable content item may be received. The first content composite may be adapted with a first audio segment. Based on the first observation data, the first audio segment may be selected. The first content composite may be configured with the first audio segment so that the adapted first content composite plays the first audio segment when the adapted first content composite is presented. The adapted first content composite may be output for presentation, where the first endpoint media device or the second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the adapted first content composite.

公开(公告)号：US20210141599A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17149607

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Nicholas Newell ,  Rob Johannes Clerx

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G10L15/08 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06T13/40

Abstract: Media content event review systems and methods are operable to present member content reviews of a media content event by presenting a plurality of member avatars in a virtual world, wherein the member avatars present audio commentary about a media content event identified in a user request, and wherein the community members who generated the audio commentary about the media content event have an interpersonal relationship with the requesting user.

公开(公告)号：US20210120277A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-22

申请号：US16655102

申请日：2019-10-16

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Jorg Nonnenmacher ,  Kate Megan Carney Landow

IPC: H04N21/238 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/233

Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for audio/video recognition and adaptive packet transmission are disclosed. A first content item that includes audio content and video content may be received and processed to detect a set of one or more video characteristics and/or a set of one or more audio characteristics that may be analyzed to identify the first content item as corresponding to a service provider system. The first content item may be transferred for display with an endpoint media device. At least one electronic signal may be received and processed, the at least one electronic signal indicative of execution of at least one operation of a set of one or more operations relating to one or more images of the first content item consequent to the display of the first content with the endpoint media device.

公开(公告)号：US20210105520A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-08

申请号：US16593334

申请日：2019-10-04

Applicant: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.

Inventor： Jayaprakash RAMARAJ ,  Girish REDDIVARI ,  Shailesh DESHMUKH ,  Edward GALBRAITH ,  James DAVIS ,  Satheesh IYER

IPC: H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/84

Abstract: A technique is described for generating a unified list (e.g., a list ribbon) of programs from a variety and disparate channels, the list for display on an over-the-top (OTT) client device. As an example, the unified list can be generated from OTT live channels and from over-the-air OTA and/or Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) live channels. Further, the unified list can include OTT recordings on the cloud and OTA/ATSC recordings on the local hard drive connected to an OTA local DVR. Thus, the OTT device Client obtains the list from the DVR backend, instead of going to the local OTA client box for the local recordings.

公开(公告)号：US20210099767A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US16655507

申请日：2019-10-17

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： JAMES WILDE ,  ASHOK SONI ,  HAWK MCGINTY ,  JAMES SHULER ,  LIXING ZHANG ,  MICHAEL DISANTE ,  NARAYANAN SEKHAR ,  XIAOMEI SUN ,  XINHUA YANG

IPC: H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/858 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G06F17/27 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G06F16/9032 ,  G06F16/438

Abstract: Systems, and methods are described to provide voice search in an elastic cloud environment communicating with a set-top box (STB) by receiving by a voice cloud search server pulse-code modulation (PCM) audio packets transmitted from the STB; sending the PCM audio packets to a natural language processing (NLP) service for converting to text; sending the text sets to an elastic voice cloud search server for querying an electronic program guide (EPG) service, channel and program data associated with the text sets wherein the EPG service to at least return identified channel and program data; in response to an identified return of channel and television program data, sending sets of text to a third-party search service for performing an independent search for related data and returning search results of video and image content which is then stripped of dynamic scripts to return to the STB.

公开(公告)号：US20210081014A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US16573751

申请日：2019-09-17

Applicant: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.

Inventor： Nicholas Brandon NEWELL

IPC: G06F1/26 ,  G06F21/44 ,  H04L9/06 ,  G06K7/10

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for automated battery replacement. In example aspects, a notification is transmitted to a central hub from an IoT device, alerting the central hub of battery status information. Based on the battery status information, a robot may be deployed from the hub to replace the battery or batteries on the IoT device. The robot may be land-based, air-based, or sea-based, among other configurations and combinations. The robot may engage the IoT device by connecting an external power source, which triggers an authentication procedure to verify the authenticity of the IoT device and the robot. Upon successful authentication, the main battery compartment hatch may be opened. In some example aspects, the main battery compartment hatch is controlled using magnets (e.g. electromagnets). A successful authentication process may result in a change of magnetic force, which may cause the battery compartment hatch to open. Upon opening of the battery compartment hatch, the robot may remove the old battery and insert a new battery. The IoT device may run at least one test on the new battery to ensure proper functionality. Upon verifying proper functionality, the IoT device and robot may disengage, and the IoT device may resume normal operations with the newly installed battery.

公开(公告)号：US20210076106A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US16566630

申请日：2019-09-10

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Neil Marten

IPC: H04N21/8545 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G09B7/08 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G10L15/18

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating supplemental content for a program content stream include functionality that generates supplemental content such as educational questions. The questions may be generated based on the content of the program as learned by the system performing natural language processing (NLP) of the verbal content of the program content stream as the program is being presented on a television or mobile device. The system may pause the programming during presentation of the questions on the television or mobile device. The programming is then resumed once a correct answer is received or a timer runs out, whichever occurs first. The generated supplemental content may also be saved as metadata associated with the program for subsequent presentation when the program is played again for the viewer or other viewers.

公开(公告)号：US20210067843A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US17095390

申请日：2020-11-11

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Jason Henderson

IPC: H04N21/8405 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/235

Abstract: Various arrangements for metadata tagging of video content are presented. A request to add a metadata tag to be linked with a video content instance may be received. A metadata integration database to link the spoken metadata tag with the video content instance may be updated.

公开(公告)号：US10897860B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US16287730

申请日：2019-02-27

Applicant: Dish Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Leo James Ferras

IPC: A01G25/16 ,  G05B19/042

Abstract: Technologies disclosed herein are provided for irrigation monitoring and controlling based on water usage monitoring and control using an efficiency model for a defined geographic region. The technology includes receiving a first and a second set of moisture sensor measurements from a set of moisture sensors located in a defined geographic region, and determining an amount of water that is applied to the defined geographic region at a time period between the first and the second set of moisture measurements. An efficiency model representing efficiencies of locations in the defined geographic region is obtained based on the first and second set of moisture measurements and the amount of water applied. Schedule information is generated based on the efficiency model that indicates time periods at which areas in the defined geographic region are to be watered.

公开(公告)号：US20210012367A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US16509329

申请日：2019-07-11

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Kate Megan Carney Landow ,  Joerg Nonnenmacher

IPC: G06Q30/02

Abstract: A television service provider system includes interactive elements embedded within advertisements or other content related to a particular product or service that a user may select to receive an initially non-redeemable coupon for the product. The system then electronically communicates to the seller or advertiser system the indications of such electronic interactivity between the viewers of content and content related to the product being sold or advertised. The advertiser or seller may then electronically activate and thus convert the non-redeemable coupon into a redeemable coupon. A system for processing retail transactions redeems the coupons for the product for a particular user using an identifier of the user associated with the account of the user with the television service provider.