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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Dish Network L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);
Inventors:
Alan Terry Pattison, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Geoffrey Kemp, Aurora, CO (US);
Ashok Soni, Aurora, CO (US);
Assignee:
DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41 (2011.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04N 21/418 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01);
Abstract
A facility for updating software installed on a media device in connection with installation of the media device in customer premises is described. Outside the customer premises, the facility transfers a later-issued version of the software installed on the media device from a server to a portable storage device. Within the customer premises, the facility transfers the later-issued version of the software installed on the media device from the portable storage device to the media device for installation on the media device.