The Directv Group, Inc.

Sivasubramanian Venkataramani

Thai Lam

Christopher Joseph Cugno

Michael Shu Xie

Ying Sheng

Kapil Chaudhry

Ranny Q Sue

Luke J Crook

Earl James Bonovich

Mark T Takamoto

Luan Le-Chau

Pankaj Sharma

Jonathan L Tronson

Melissa H Tullues

Saranathan Govindarajan

Hermilo C Crisostomo

Paul H Yang

Guillermo Antonio Arguelles-Campoy

Jordan E Bigel

John D Ngo

Jason Christopher Tadros

Shridhar Rangarajan

A system and method for operating with profiles includes a head end associating a first account profile having first profile settings and a first identifier and a second account profile having second profile settings and a second identifier with a user account. A first user receiving device operates with the first profile settings. The head end communicates second profile settings to the first user receiving device and the first user receiving device operates with the second profile settings.

Method and system for operating user receiving devices with user profiles

A system, apparatus, and method provide messaging, between a headend system and a set top box. A distributor determines and provides an assigned communication identifier and an assigned server host address, that correspond to one of one or more first servers, to each of one or more set top box clients. The first servers maintain a persistent connection with the set top box clients and provide messaging, presence, and routing features via the persistent connection. A gateway service provides a gateway for one or more headend servers to communicate with the set top box clients through the first servers. A server controller provides administrative graphical user interfaces for operators to monitor and control health checks, configuration changes, and collect statistics for the distributor, first servers, and the gateway service.

Messaging between set top box and head end systems

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Cerritos, CA, United States of America

Sivasubramanian Venkataramani