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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2021
Applicant:

Dish Network L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);

Inventors:

Henry Gregg Martch, Englewood, CO (US);

Bryan Mcelhinney, Englewood, CO (US);

Assignee:

DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6377 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/6375 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6377 (2013.01); H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04N 21/42221 (2013.01); H04N 21/6375 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for remote controlling an application on a display device including a user interface for receiving a user input, a transmitter for transmitting a control signal to a display device, a network interface for coupling the control signal to a wireless local area network, and a processor for generating the control signal in response to the user input, determining a destination for the control signal in response to the user input, for coupling the control signal to the transmitter in response to the destination being a display device remote control receiver and for coupling the control signal to the network interface in response to the destination being a display device network interface.


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