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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Dish Network L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);
Jason Paul Carlson, Denver, CO (US);
John Huynh, Thornton, CO (US);
Yunfeng Yang, Aurora, CO (US);
Seth Byerley, Parker, CO (US);
Gowtham Ram Ramkumar, Englewood, CO (US);
Mark John Sokald, Roxborough, CO (US);
DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and processes are described for seamless use of timers across multiple user devices on a LAN. A system may include a first user device, communicatively coupled to the LAN, having at least one first tuner and a first hardware processor configured for facilitating a first timer manager. A second user device communicatively coupled to the LAN may include at least one second tuner and a second hardware processor configured for facilitating a second timer manager. Each of the first timer manager and the second timer manager may be configured to populate a universal timer schedule that identifies at least one of a future availability and a future use for each of the at least one first tuner and the at least one second tuner. The universal timer schedule is populated based upon a request type, such as an auto-tune, PPV, original content, rerun, and a Joey request type.