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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Tivo Solutions Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shelly Glennon, San Jose, CA (US);
Kimberly Paluch, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
TIVO SOLUTIONS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4583 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a first tuner task type is identified from among a plurality of tuner task types, in response to receiving a first tuner request. The first tuner request was made to perform a tuner task of the first tuner task type. A first set of tuner selection rules specifically for the first tuner task type is determined and applied to a set of tuners to determine whether the set of tuners comprises a tuner available to perform the tuner task of the first tuner task type.