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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:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

May. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Dish Technologies L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventor:

Mark Templeman, Parker, CO (US);

Assignee:

DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/4545 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/4545 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various arrangements for providing a multichannel viewing event are presented. A definition of the multichannel viewing event may be broadcast to multiple television receivers. A television receiver may, as part of an electronic programming guide, provide a single-selection option to activate the multichannel viewing event based on the broadcast definition. In response to receiving user input that selects the single-selection option, the definition of the multichannel viewing event is accessed. One or more tuners of the television receiver may be tuned based on the television channels defined in the definition of the multichannel viewing event. A video stream that includes live feeds of multiple television channels may then be output to a display device for simultaneous presentation.


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