公开(公告)号：US20170188080A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US15459853

申请日：2017-03-15

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： William Michael Beals

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  G08C17/02

CPC classification number: H04N21/42204 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  H04N21/43635

Abstract: A method and device for associating a remote with a component. The method and system may include receiving a control command from the remote. Upon receiving the control command, an identification signal may be transmitted to a display. The identification signal may include information for identifying the component. The remote may be associated with the component based on the identification signal.

公开(公告)号：US20170185810A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US14981012

申请日：2015-12-28

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： William Michael Beals

IPC: G06K7/00 ,  G06K19/077

CPC classification number: G06K7/0056 ,  G06K7/0082 ,  G06K19/07743

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a smart card reader that includes a smart card reader body and smart card contacts. The smart card reader body is a single, contiguous piece of electrically dissipative material. As a smart card is inserted in to the smart card reader body and makes contact with portions of the smart card reader body, any electrostatic charge that has accumulated on plastic portions of the smart card is discharged through the smart card reader body itself, and to ground. As a result, damage to circuitry coupled to the smart card reader and an embedded circuit housed in the smart card is avoided.

公开(公告)号：US20170176961A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US14974152

申请日：2015-12-18

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Christopher Boyd Tirpak

IPC: G05B15/02 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G08B21/14

CPC classification number: G05B15/02 ,  G05B2219/2642 ,  G08B1/08 ,  G08B21/043 ,  G08B21/0453 ,  G08B21/14 ,  G08B25/14 ,  H04L12/2816 ,  H04L12/2827

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory, machine-readable media that facilitates home automation control based on individualized audio differentiation of carbon monoxide detectors. Audio characteristics may be determined based on first sensor data. Attributes may be defined based on the audio characteristics. Second audio characteristics may be determined based on the second sensor data. Second attributes may be defined based on the second audio characteristics. Third sensor data may be analyzed to identify a first alarm or a second alarm based on a volume and/or a directionality determined based on the third sensor data. Consequent to identifying the first alarm or the second alarm, a home automation rule may be determined. The home automation rule may include an operational setting of a home automation device. The home automation device may be instructed based on the determined home automation rule via a home automation network.

公开(公告)号：US20170171597A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US15335195

申请日：2016-10-26

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Gregory Greene

IPC: H04N21/422

CPC classification number: H04N21/42226 ,  G08C17/00 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/20

Abstract: A method for programming a first remote control device associated with a first electronic device that includes receiving, by the first electronic device, a first electronic command signal issued from a second remote control device. The first electronic command signal includes a key code indicative of a first key entry on the second remote control device. The first electronic device accesses a key code database, which stores a plurality of key code sets, and each of the plurality of key code sets has a plurality of key codes for controlling at least one electronic device. The first electronic device compares the received first key code to the key code database to identify matching key code sets including the first key code. The first electronic device analyzes the matching key code sets to identify a preferred next key entry, and prompts a user of the second remote control device to press a key on the second remote control device corresponding to the identified preferred next key entry.

公开(公告)号：US20170164032A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US15433760

申请日：2017-02-15

Applicant: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Henry Gregg Martch ,  Max Stephen Gratton

IPC: H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/458

CPC classification number: H04N21/42607 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4349 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/4394 ,  H04N21/44008 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/812

Abstract: Various arrangements for controlling presentation of the video mosaic are presented. A television receiver may store a front-end switching condition and a back-end switching condition. The front-end switching condition may define criteria occurring within a piece of content that triggers when focus is to switch from the piece of content to another piece of content. The back-end switching condition may define when focus is to switch to a higher-ranked piece of content. The television receiver may output to a presentation device, the video mosaic comprising a plurality of pieces of content presented within a plurality of tiles. The television receiver may control focus among the plurality of tiles within the video mosaic based on the front-end switching condition and the back-end switching condition, wherein one tile from the plurality of tiles receives focus at a given time.

公开(公告)号：US20170155910A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-01

申请号：US15429634

申请日：2017-02-10

Applicant: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Calvin Ryan Owen

IPC: H04N19/147 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L21/055 ,  G10L19/16

CPC classification number: H04N19/147 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G10L19/167 ,  G10L21/055 ,  H04L65/608 ,  H04N7/52 ,  H04N19/15 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04N21/23406 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/2662 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/8456

Abstract: A method and apparatus for splitting the audio of media content into separate content files without introducing boundary artifacts is described. A computing system for streaming media content including audio and video comprises a database to store a plurality of content files and a server coupled to the database to deliver the plurality of content files over one or more network connections. Each of the plurality of content files comprises an encoded portion of the video encoded according to a frame rate and having a fixed-time duration and an encoded portion of the audio encoded according to a codec-enforced frame size and having a plurality of full audio frames having the codec-enforced frame size. A duration of the encoded portion of the audio of one or more of the plurality of content files is greater than or less than the fixed-time duration.

公开(公告)号：US09668031B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US14678594

申请日：2015-04-03

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Kate Landow ,  John Card ,  Daniel Overbaugh

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F17/22 ,  G06F3/00 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W72/00 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/242 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2665

CPC classification number: H04N21/8133 ,  H04N21/222 ,  H04N21/2353 ,  H04N21/23614 ,  H04N21/242 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/4122 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4307 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4348 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/4621 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/8126

Abstract: Media rich content server systems and methods are operable to provide access to supplemental media rich content at a portable media device. An exemplary embodiment communicatively couples a portable media device to a media device that initially receives a media content stream comprising at least one supplemental media rich content trigger, wherein the supplemental media rich content trigger includes access information configured to access at least one media rich content server; receives a portion of the media content stream with the supplemental media rich content trigger at the portable media device; establishes a communication link between the portable media device and the media rich content server based upon the access information in the received supplemental media rich content trigger; receives supplemental media rich content from the media rich content server; and presents at least the received supplemental media rich content on a display of the portable media device.

公开(公告)号：US20170150087A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US14948672

申请日：2015-11-23

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： Brandon Halper ,  Lawrence Moran

IPC: H04N5/60 ,  H04N5/38 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W76/02

CPC classification number: H04N5/60 ,  H04N7/104 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: A media switching device includes a computer including a processor programmed to actuate the media switching device to select, based on a first input received from a user, a first media content item from one or more received media content items. The processor is further programmed to transmit a first portion of the first media content item via a first wired connection to a first media display device; and transmit a second portion of the first media content item to a second media display device via a radio frequency transceiver.

公开(公告)号：US20170149806A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US14952479

申请日：2015-11-25

Applicant: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： William Michael Beals

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F11/07 ,  H04W12/08

CPC classification number: H04L63/1416 ,  G06F11/0709 ,  G06F11/0736 ,  G06F11/076 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/141 ,  H04L67/22 ,  H04L69/40 ,  H04W12/08 ,  H04W12/12 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A request is received to reestablish a connection to an end device in a network. At least one datum is identified indicating an error condition, the at least one datum including one or more of a bit error rate (BER), a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value, and a foreign packet. Based on the one or more data values, user input is requested to deny the reestablish connection request. In response to the user input, the end device is prevented from reestablishing a link on the network

公开(公告)号：US20170146964A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US14952580

申请日：2015-11-25

Applicant: Echostar Technologies L.L.C.

Inventor： William Michael Beals

IPC: G05B19/048

CPC classification number: G05B15/02 ,  G05B2219/24015 ,  G05B2219/2614 ,  G05B2219/2642

Abstract: Identifying errors with home HVAC systems and notifying the homeowner of the error and potential remedial steps can be useful. In some embodiments, a method is provided including receiving, at an electronic device, a temperature value and an airflow value from sensors located at a vent grate of the HVAC system. A temperature delta value can be calculated using the temperature value and an ambient temperature value. The temperature delta value can be compared with predetermined temperature delta threshold value. The airflow value can be compared with predetermined airflow threshold value. Based on comparing the temperature delta value step and/or the comparing the airflow value step, an error with the HVAC system can be identified. A notification of the error and subsequent potential remedial steps can be sent from the electronic device to the homeowner.