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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:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Don E. Cansino, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Stephen H. Chu, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);

Bhavyank V. Shah, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Lynn Le, Torrance, CA (US);

Kenneth H. Lee, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41422 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4825 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for communicating content data to the in-vehicle system includes the in-vehicle infotainment system detecting a home local area network and joining the home local area network. The home local area network comprises a set top box. The in-vehicle infotainment system communicates a data request to the set top box in response to joining the local area network. The set top box communicates data corresponding to the request to the in-vehicle infotainment system through the local area network. The in-vehicle system stores the data at the in-vehicle infotainment system.


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