Patents
US 10110948 B2: Apparatus, systems and methods for satellite system fast channel change
- Granted
- 2018-10-23
- Filed
- 2017-08-21 application 15681783
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Fast channel change systems and methods are operable to change channels to a newly selected media content event in response to a user request. An exemplary embodiment communicates a previously stored low resolution version segment of the newly selected media content event to a presentation system while the media device is performing a tuning operation to change channels to receive a currently broadcasting high resolution version of the newly selected media content event. Once the tuning process has been completed at the media device, a handshake process is performed wherein the media device transitions presentation from the low resolution version to the high resolution version of the newly selected media content event.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg181023.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. 816 patents | US company or organization | Englewood, CO | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Greene | Littleton, CO | 58 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04N | Pictorial communication, e.g. television | H04N21/4384 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G11B | Information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer | G11B27/10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-30 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | DISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION signed 2021-11-26 DISH NETWORK L.L.C. signed 2021-11-26 DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. signed 2021-11-26 | U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT ST. PAUL, MN | 58295/293 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2019-07-02 | Correction Conversion | ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. signed 2018-02-07 | DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 49671/857 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2018-09-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GREENE, GREGORY signed 2015-09-14 | ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 46931/433 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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