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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:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2012
Applicants:

Kuriacose Joseph, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Sean S. Lee, Potomac, MD (US);

Inventors:

Kuriacose Joseph, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Sean S. Lee, Potomac, MD (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/418 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/6377 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/452 (2018.02); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 21/6377 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method includes a host device using a first format, an intermediate device, a user device using a second format and a network in communication with the host device, the intermediate device and the user device. The user device communicates a first user generated signal having the second format to the intermediate device. The intermediate device converts the second format of the first user generated signal to the first format to form a second user generated signal. The intermediate device communicates the second user generated signal to the host device.


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