公开(公告)号：US11303969B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US17197486

申请日：2021-03-10

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 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G06F16/9032 ,  G06F16/438 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G06F40/30 ,  G06F40/205 ,  H04N21/258 ,  G06F16/33 ,  G06F16/338 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/61

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 set 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：US20220108244A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17064123

申请日：2020-10-06

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Prakash Subramanian ,  Nicholas Newell

IPC: G06Q10/06 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/08 ,  G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q20/32 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W76/10 ,  G10L17/06 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A technique is described for implementing drones as a service. As an example, a drone may receive instructions from one or more network elements, coordinate operations with the one or more network elements, and perform at least one task associated with the instructions. The drone may deliver a container to a first location and perform object recognition to validate an object of a subscriber being delivered to a second location. The drone may measure the weight and dimensions of the object to confirm the object is within operating guidelines. After verifying the object is within operating guidelines, the drone may transport the container containing the object to the second location.

公开(公告)号：US11290790B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US17100563

申请日：2020-11-20

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Eric Pleiman

IPC: H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/2187 ,  G07F17/32 ,  H04N21/4545 ,  H04N21/431

Abstract: A system for automatically selecting television channels based on wager information can include a set-top box, wager databases having user wager information, broadcast databases having broadcast schedule information, and a controller. The wager information can include an event identifier and a corresponding wager amount. The broadcast schedule can include a channel, a start time, and an end time for each event. The controller can include processors and memory devices having instructions that cause the processors to obtain wager information for the user from the wager databases, match each event identifier and corresponding wager amount to the broadcast schedule, determine a set of live events by comparing a current time with the start time and end time for each event, prioritize the live events based on wager amount, and send an instruction to the set-top box to display the channel corresponding to each live event in order of priority.

公开(公告)号：US11277660B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-15

申请号：US16923369

申请日：2020-07-08

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Kevin Yao

IPC: H04N21/439 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/4722

Abstract: A method of providing a synchronized secondary audio track via a mobile device. The method includes: receiving, at a mobile device, a request from a user to receive a secondary audio track that corresponds with a primary audio track of an audio-visual (AV) program which is presented to the user; receiving the secondary audio track at the mobile device; receiving at the mobile device a playback-control cue; and in response to receiving the playback-control cue, outputting audio data of the secondary audio track so that the audio data is synchronized with the primary audio track.

公开(公告)号：US20220066554A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17500799

申请日：2021-10-13

Applicant: Dish Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Seth Byerley

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04L29/06 ,  A63C11/22 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G01C21/20

Abstract: Technologies are disclosed herein for controlling a head-mountable heads-up display system comprising a heads-up display unit and a hand cover. The hand cover includes a plurality of input elements located on appendages thereof that are configured to cause the hand cover to transmit input signals to the heads-up display unit. The heads-up display unit is configured to display virtual image content within a field of view of a user. As a result of receiving a user input, the heads-up display unit may display virtual image content based on a user input. The heads-up display unit updates the virtual image content as a result of receiving an input signal corresponding to an interaction between a pair of input elements of the hand cover. The heads-up display system may be useable in connection with a system of an outdoor recreational area to obtain information regarding the outdoor recreational area.

公开(公告)号：US11245953B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US16598271

申请日：2019-10-10

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Kate Megan Carney Landow ,  Marcel Guajardo

IPC: H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/233 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04N21/236

Abstract: Novel techniques are described for enabling headphone-driven systems to handle packetized streams of next-generation television (NGTV) content. For example, a headphone system can include an antenna and a NGTV tuner to receive and decode a packetized television content stream wirelessly from a content provider via a digital television content network. The decoded stream can be processed by the headphone system to generate an audio stream and a video stream. Audio content of the audio stream can be output via an audio transducer of the headphone system. The video stream can be transmitted, via a device interface of the headphone system, to a media playback device for outputting of video content (e.g., and audio content, in some cases) of the video stream. For example, the video stream is transmitted, via a short-range wireless network to a smartphone, tablet computer, transport vehicle display, or other playback device.

公开(公告)号：US11245946B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US16748567

申请日：2020-01-21

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Jorg Nonnenmacher ,  Robert Drew Major

IPC: H04N21/266 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/64 ,  H04N21/2389 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/06 ,  H04N21/434

Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine-readable media for adapting content composites to device operations of an endpoint media device are disclosed. Blockchain data associated with a blockchain address may be processed by one or more processing devices. The blockchain data and/or the blockchain address may be mapped by the one or more processing devices to a first endpoint media device. Based at least in part on the blockchain data, a first content composite may be identified by one or more processing devices for delivery from a content provider system via one or more networks to the first endpoint media device. Transmission of the first content composite may be caused where, consequent to delivery of the first content composite to the first endpoint media device, the first endpoint media device or a second endpoint media device performs at least one operation relating to the first content composite.

公开(公告)号：US20220030045A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US17473593

申请日：2021-09-13

Applicant: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.

Inventor： Christopher Bruhn ,  Adam Morzos

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04W4/70 ,  G06F21/64 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H04W40/24

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to wireless data transmission. An example method for transmitting a data file from a base station to multiple Internet of Things (IoT) devices includes obtaining information on connections between the base station and IoT devices as well as device-to-device connections. The method also includes generating schemes for splitting the data file and transmitting each data portion accordingly. The method optionally includes obtaining updates on connection information and adjusting the data splitting schemes based thereon.

公开(公告)号：US11234026B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-25

申请号：US16654925

申请日：2019-10-16

Applicant: Dish Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Max Stephen Gratton ,  Mark Templeman ,  Danny Jean Minnick

IPC: H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/218 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/2187

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for responding to inoperative commands on a server device. In some embodiments, the disclosed technology facilitates pausing of content being played on a device without creating a bookmark of the location in the content at which the content was paused. In response to receiving the request to pause the content from playing, the server device generates a pause instruction to pause the content from playing. Upon expiry of a timeout interval, the server device automatically transforms the pause instruction into a stop instruction, which when executed causes stopping the content from playing. In some embodiments, the server device detects an user interaction event, prior to expiry of the timeout interval. Non-limiting examples of the user interaction may be shutting down the server device, switching from the content to a live broadcast program, switching from the content to another content, or exiting from the content.

公开(公告)号：US20220007085A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-06

申请号：US17481684

申请日：2021-09-22

Applicant: DISH Network L.L.C.

Inventor： Jesse Montgomery

IPC: H04N21/8405 ,  H04N21/845 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/482

Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology may include systems and processes associated with automatically generating supercuts associated with programming content. The present technology may include receiving, at the computing device, a set of related programming content, wherein the set of related programming content includes video clips; receiving an input from a user including a command to generate a supercut and a keyword associated with the supercut; searching the set of related programming content for portions of the video clips associated with the keyword; identifying a first event within a first video clip associated with the keyword and a second event within a second video clip associated with the keyword; determining a type of event associated with each of the first and second events and link the types of events with their respective events; determining a pre-event time period and a post-event time period for each of the first and second events based on the types of events; and generating and displaying a supercut using the first event, the second event, the pre-event time periods, and the post-event time periods. The above steps may be implemented as a computer-implemented method, computer program product, or device such as a television receiver, or in other types of embodiments.