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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2009
Applicants:

Subbaraya Kumar Deverakonda Venkata, Torrance, CA (US);

Jianming Yu, Norwalk, CA (US);

Charles C. Debergh, Newport Coast, CA (US);

Gilbert Zaldivar, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);

Joseph T. Hayes, Torrance, CA (US);

Romulo Pontual, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);

Lonnie Scott Clabaugh, San Pedro, CA (US);

Inventors:

Subbaraya Kumar Deverakonda Venkata, Torrance, CA (US);

Jianming Yu, Norwalk, CA (US);

Charles C. Debergh, Newport Coast, CA (US);

Gilbert Zaldivar, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);

Joseph T. Hayes, Torrance, CA (US);

Romulo Pontual, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);

Lonnie Scott Clabaugh, San Pedro, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/14 (2006.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 69/40 (2013.01); H04N 21/4351 (2013.01); H04N 21/8166 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for a system for communicating with a user device includes a broadcast management system generating content channel data signals. The system also includes a software download manager in communication with the broadcast management system. The software download manager generates an announcement file and a download resolution file. The download manager communicates the announcement file. The user device has user device identifier data and receives the download resolution file in response to the announcement file and stores the software image in the user device in response to the download resolution file.


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