公开(公告)号：US20250126325A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-17

申请号：US18984354

申请日：2024-12-17

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Yunfeng Yang

IPC: H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/845

Abstract: Improved technical functionality is provided to dynamically select and seamlessly play advertisements immediately before playing of a recorded program upon selection of the recorded program for playing, or upon other detected events and conditions associated with the set-top-box (STB) or user. In some embodiments, this is performed by using metadata which may be delivered to and stored on a digital video recorder (DVR) prior to recording the program, providing a technical solution to enable opportunities for additional advertisement impressions. Playing of the advertisement may also or instead occur upon the recorded program finishing playing. Thus, the technical solution provides the additional opportunity for the content creator and/or the satellite television or cable service provider to sell advertising spots in addition to those already sold for breaks within the recorded program.

公开(公告)号：US12262085B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US16742714

申请日：2020-01-14

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Alan Terry Pattison ,  Geoffrey Kemp ,  Ashok Soni

IPC: H04N21/41 ,  G06F8/65 ,  H04N21/418 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/81

Abstract: A facility for updating software installed on a media device in connection with installation of the media device in customer premises is described. Outside the customer premises, the facility transfers a later-issued version of the software installed on the media device from a server to a portable storage device. Within the customer premises, the facility transfers the later-issued version of the software installed on the media device from the portable storage device to the media device for installation on the media device.

公开(公告)号：US20250097499A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18774401

申请日：2024-07-16

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Aaron S. Hoff ,  Brian J. Smith

IPC: H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/8547

Abstract: It may occur that various addressable ads are used to help fill an entire addressable break which have little or no monetary value for being played (often referred to as “evergreen or “filler” ads). Such ads and other types of candidate ads for replacement are replaced in real time with programmatically delivered Internet Protocol (IP) based ads (IP ads). Upon encountering an indication of an upcoming ad break including one or more evergreen ads in an addressable ad playlist, an ad request may be automatically transmitted that puts those evergreen ad spots up for bidding by various advertisers, and then such ads may be replaced by IP ads that in total have a duration equaling the duration of the evergreen ads being replaced and that are based on, among other things, a user's or household's receiving device location, a current channel a particular receiving device at that location is tuned to, a particular program that is playing on that channel, a genre of the program, individual user and/or household demographics including, but not limited to: age category, marital status, income range, gender, education level, occupation, and number of people in the household, etc. The selected IP ad(s) are then, in real time, seamlessly inserted or “stitched”, as described herein, into a media content stream comprising or consisting of the television programming (e.g., live linear satellite (SAT) stream) or other media content stream.

公开(公告)号：US20250081277A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18952854

申请日：2024-11-19

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Raymond C. Rodriguez

IPC: H04W76/25 ,  H04W88/18

Abstract: A network router provides Internet connectivity to an intermediate router (e.g., implemented on a computer, smartphone or other device), which in turn provides Internet connectivity to a plurality of devices (e.g., loT devices). During migration to a new router, the intermediate router may receive an indication that the first wireless router is out of service or no longer exists. Despite that the first wireless router is out of service or no longer exists, the intermediate router keeps each network connection from a plurality of devices to the intermediate router in a manner that is unaffected by the first wireless router being down or no longer existing (other than the plurality of devices experiencing a temporary Internet service interruption). The intermediate router then connects to a second wireless router to replace the first wireless router that is out of service or no longer exists. The intermediate router provides, via the connection to the new second wireless router, Internet connectivity to the plurality of devices connected to the intermediate router without reconnection, reactivation or reconfiguration of the plurality of devices to obtain the Internet connectivity.

公开(公告)号：US12244874B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US18170619

申请日：2023-02-17

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Mudit Mathur

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04L67/10

Abstract: Various arrangements of a local cloud system for providing television services are presented. A facility cloud host system may have a content service provider interface that is used to receive live television channel streams from a television content service provider. The local cloud system may have a transcoder that transcodes the live television channels into a format to be transmitted locally to client devices. The local cloud system may provide access to recorded content from a remote master cloud host.

公开(公告)号：US12238387B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US18527147

申请日：2023-12-01

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Michael J. Cavanaugh

IPC: H04N21/81 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/643

Abstract: Embodiments are related to faster provisioning of targeted advertisements at a set-top box (STB) via an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the STB and a remote server. The disclosed IP-based advertisement distribution system enables targeted advertisements to be pulled from the remote server efficiently, causing the advertisements to be made available within a short time frame (e.g., less than one day from the time when the advertisements are available). The disclosed methods enables a STB to determine whether to retain existing targeted advertisements, discard them, or provision newly-available advertisements. The targeted advertisements can depend on various factors such as demographic information of an owner of the STB, lifestyle information of the owner of the STB, etc.

公开(公告)号：US12231480B1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18637598

申请日：2024-04-17

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C. ,  DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited

Inventor： Joshua D. Wade ,  Jason Anthony Madruga ,  Clark Hurst Pendery ,  Dalton William Hertel ,  Aaron William Schwartz ,  Ryan Scribner ,  Himanshu Jain ,  Sandeep Kumar Bhatta ,  Laxminarayana Dalimba

IPC: H04L65/611 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L65/752

Abstract: Methods and systems for provisioning content streaming service are provided. An example method includes dividing a network associated with a multi-dwelling unit (MDU) having multiple zones within the MDU into multiple network segments respectively corresponding to the multiple zones, dividing a content resource provided by the MDU into multiple segments respectively corresponding to the multiple network segments. Each segment of the content resource includes content items specific to the corresponding network segment based on a predetermined network policy. The method further includes receiving a request from a user equipment (UE) for access to a content item of the content resource, determining that the UE is associated with one of the network segments and that the requested content item is included in the segment of content resource specific to the network segment, and granting the access to the content item to the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20250044475A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18364976

申请日：2023-08-03

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Angel ROJAS ,  Armando Menchaca PALACIOS ,  Juan E. APODACA ,  Sean PICHARDO ,  Joel CARDOSO

IPC: G01V3/10

Abstract: A battery presence detector designed to detect the presence of batteries in a device enclosure without the need to open the enclosure is described. The detection process involves the use of an inductive sensor to sample an interaction value triggered by the presence of the battery within the device. The devices to be checked for battery presence may be placed on a conveyor. The detector may be used with a mechanism for separating the devices based on whether or not a battery is present within them. Examples of devices to be tested include remote controls and cell phones.

公开(公告)号：US12219221B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US18500503

申请日：2023-11-02

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Caroline Condon ,  Brandon Halper ,  Shane Oesterle ,  Morgan Kirby

IPC: H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/435

Abstract: Techniques are provided that include receiving, by a set-top box (STB) and over a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) channel, an instructional media file; storing the instructional media file in a local database for future viewing; adding metadata about the instructional media file to an analytics engine; determining, by the analytics engine, a time to present the instructional media file to an end-user associated with the STB, wherein the determination is based on processing an associated profile of the end-user and the metadata about the instructional media file; transmitting a notification for delivery to the end-user, where the notification indicates that the instructional media file is ready to be presented; and presenting, by a local processor associated with the STB, the instructional media file. Various artificial intelligence and augmented reality aspects are created and implemented in the system.

公开(公告)号：US20250021141A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18221013

申请日：2023-07-12

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Steven Allen Nedved ,  Andrew David McAuley

IPC: G06F1/18

Abstract: A mounting system for a storage drive includes a mounting bracket and a plurality of fasteners. The mounting bracket includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall, parallel to and spaced apart from the first sidewall. Each of the first and second sidewalls defines a plurality of apertures therein, spaced apart from one another and configured to align with corresponding threaded mounting apertures defined within the storage drive. The fasteners are positioned within apertures of the first and sidewalls. Each fastener has a head end and a distal end separated by a shaft having a first diameter. The distal end of each fastener is formed as a pin of a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and sized for linear, axial insertion within the corresponding threaded mounting apertures for an interference fit.