MEDIA DEVICE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210219017A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US16742714

    申请日:2020-01-14

    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.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-SOURCE RECORDING OF CONTENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210185387A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-17

    申请号:US16713584

    申请日:2019-12-13

    Inventor: Geoffrey Kemp

    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for multi-source recording of content. Program data associated with a plurality of programs may be received. Program data may comprise a channel, a series of shows, a group of movies, a broadcast media item, and/or an Internet streaming media item. Each program may be associated with at least one channel and transmission source. The transmission source may comprise an Internet-streaming service, a digital video recorder, and/or an on-demand library, among other transmission sources. Data corresponding to a first program from a first channel and a first transmission source may be recorded. Data corresponding to a second program from the first channel and a second transmission source may also be recorded. The first program and second program may then be displayed within a channel-specific view of a program guide that obscures or removes identification of the first and second transmission sources. In other embodiments, the recording of the program data from the first and/or second program may be initiated by at least one machine-learning system that records program data based on a user's past viewing history. The multi-source recording system may be configured to record entire channels and avoid recording duplicates.

    UPDATING MEDIA DEVICES IN A LOCAL NETWORK WITH A CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20230052217A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17887055

    申请日:2022-08-12

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media to facilitate updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture are disclosed. A primary media device may be configured to operate as a server in a local network, receive audio/video (A/V) content via an Internet connection and/or a satellite network connection, serve the A/V content to a set of one or more secondary media devices for display with at least one television of a set of one or more televisions, and receive a set of one or more software updates via the Internet connection, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, and/or the satellite network connection. One or more software updates of the set of one or more software updates may be specified for, and may be transferred to, the set of one or more secondary media devices.

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