公开(公告)号：US20220312222A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17210214

申请日：2021-03-23

Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.

Inventor： Vikal Kumar Jain

IPC: H04W16/18 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04B17/309

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for locating an optimal installation location for an over-the-air (OTA) antenna. In some example aspects, the system described herein may receive a list of preferred local channels and/or programs from a user. The system may then compare those channels and/or programs to at least one database that comprises channel frequencies based on a user's geolocation (e.g., GPS coordinates, address, zip code, etc.). Based on the comparison of the preferred channels and/or programs, the system may suggest a certain installation location of an OTA antenna. The system may evaluate broadcast signals received by the OTA antenna to determine the strength of the signals at the present OTA antenna location. The results of the channel feedback analysis may be displayed in real-time (or near real-time) on a mobile device, indicating to the user if the present location is an optimal installation location.

公开(公告)号：US11451872B1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US17331769

申请日：2021-05-27

Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Spencer ,  Edward Galbraith

IPC: H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/4147

Abstract: Systems, devices, and processes are provided to facilitate the streaming of a playback of a recorded program in a video playback recording system. These systems, devices, and processes provide operating the cloud-based DVR in a recording mode for user selection of program content for recordation in a video playback file by the cloud-based DVR wherein the video playback file containing the program content is recorded by the user selection beginning with a start time associated with the DVR event file; and generating a manifest file that contains a program marker of a start time of the program content omitting any recorded commercial content at a beginning of the video playback file associated by beginning of the recording from the start time associated with the DVR event file.

公开(公告)号：US11228800B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US16732032

申请日：2019-12-31

Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.

Inventor： Shailesh Deshmukh

IPC: H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/81

Abstract: Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the streaming of video content. In general, the systems, devices and processes facilitate the synchronized streaming of video content to a plurality of video player devices. Specifically, the systems, devices and processes provide for the synchronized streaming of video content to a plurality of video player devices while also providing the ability selectively restrict timing adjustments. For example, the timing adjustments in one or more of the video player devices can be selectively prevented from occurring at certain times to comply with content-based or other such restrictions. As one example, the systems, devices and processes can be used to prevent timing adjustments from being made in one or more video player devices during the displaying of commercials and/or certain live content on the video player devices.

公开(公告)号：US20210157946A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US16698388

申请日：2019-11-27

Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.

Inventor： David Learned ,  Alexander Calfo

IPC: G06F21/62 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F16/29 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Various arrangements for geographical-based streaming media management are presented. Long-term and short-term streaming media records may be received. A master streaming media record database may be maintained that combines the long-term and short-term streaming media records. A geographical identifier can be received that indicates a streaming media access location and a record characteristic. The geographical identifier, the record characteristic, and the master streaming media record database may be analyzed. In response, record indications may be output from the master streaming media record database that indicate a streaming media permission scheme required to access the streaming media source.

公开(公告)号：US20250016388A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18895838

申请日：2024-09-25

Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.

Inventor： Eric Dyoniziak ,  Robert Drew Major

IPC: H04N21/233 ,  H04N21/81

Abstract: The present invention recognizes media content using signatures generated by network devices with limited processing power. An audio signal is prepared for application of a discrete Fourier transform (DFT). Outputs from the DFT include real components and imaginary components that are used to calculate output magnitudes associated with frequency bins. The frequency-amplitude pairs include the output magnitudes and the associated frequency bins. A signature of the audio signal is generated by selecting a predetermined number of frequency-amplitude pairs having dominant output magnitudes. The network devices that generate the signatures may transmit the signatures to a server for analysis. The server may trigger actions in response to detecting known content based on the received signatures matching known signatures.

公开(公告)号：US20240430317A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18824785

申请日：2024-09-04

Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.

Inventor： MAX S. GRATTON ,  MATTHEW H. POLSON

IPC: H04L65/612 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L65/80

Abstract: Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the authentication of media player devices for media streaming. Specifically, the various embodiments provide a media player device authentication technique that monitors the locations of media player devices to determine a pattern of device co-location with a primary device. The media player devices can then be selectively designated as confirmed devices based on their determined pattern of device co-location with a primary media player device. Those media player devices that are designated as confirmed devices can then be selectively enabled for media streaming. Conversely, media player devices that are not designated as confirmed devices based on a pattern of co-location can be prevented from receiving media streams even when they have the correct login information and password.

公开(公告)号：US12101365B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US18171103

申请日：2023-02-17

Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.

Inventor： Max S. Gratton ,  Matthew H. Polson

IPC: H04L65/612 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04L65/80

CPC classification number: H04L65/612 ,  H04L63/083 ,  H04L63/0853 ,  H04L65/80

Abstract: Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate the authentication of media player devices for media streaming. Specifically, the various embodiments provide a media player device authentication technique that monitors the locations of media player devices to determine a pattern of device co-location with a primary device. The media player devices can then be selectively designated as confirmed devices based on their determined pattern of device co-location with a primary media player device. Those media player devices that are designated as confirmed devices can then be selectively enabled for media streaming. Conversely, media player devices that are not designated as confirmed devices based on a pattern of co-location can be prevented from receiving media streams even when they have the correct login information and password.

公开(公告)号：US12058407B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US18148908

申请日：2022-12-30

Applicant: SLING TV L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major

IPC: H04N7/10 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/81

CPC classification number: H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/41265 ,  H04N21/42209 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8173

Abstract: Viewing of advertisements in broadcast television programming is electronically monitored using network communications to determine viewership of programming that is promoted in the ads. This correlation is enabled through a distributed information system that permits digital identification of ads in programming, as well as distributed tracking of ad and program viewership. Through automated gathering of viewership information and distributed data processing, advertising effectiveness can be very accurately tracked.

公开(公告)号：US20240259630A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18634494

申请日：2024-04-12

Applicant: SLING TV L.L.C.

Inventor： R. Drew Major

IPC: H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/24 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/81

CPC classification number: H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/41265 ,  H04N21/42209 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8173

Abstract: Advertisements in broadcast television programming are digitally replaced with different ads prior to viewing. Replacement can occur in time and/or place shifted content, and can be used to promote a particular advertisement that the viewer has not yet seen, thereby improving the reach of the ad without oversaturation. Data reporting by the playback devices is collected in a database of viewed ads. The information in the database can be used to refresh previously-viewed ads, to increase saturation of particular ads, to replace previously-broadcast but no longer relevant ads, or for other purposes as desired.

公开(公告)号：US11974024B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17447138

申请日：2021-09-08

Applicant: Sling TV L.L.C.

Inventor： Robert Drew Major

IPC: H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/845

CPC classification number: H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: Systems, devices and processes are provided to facilitate video streaming. The various embodiments facilitate the detection of program promotions in a video stream, where program promotions include commercial content that advertises future programs. In general, the embodiments facilitate the detection of program promotions in a video stream through the use of automated process monitors the video stream and determines that a content block is a program promotion when that content block meets a defined set of criteria. This set of criteria can include criteria such as time adjacency, timespan, audio, video and textual factors, and when the content was previously first detected. In such embodiments the ability to detect program promotions using the set of criteria facilitates the replacement of these program promotions with other, potentially more valuable, content.