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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2008
Nicholas B. Newell, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
David A. Kummer, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Kranti Kilaru, Castle Rock, CO (US);
William N. Moran, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Jason Anguiano, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Nicholas B. Newell, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
David A. Kummer, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Kranti Kilaru, Castle Rock, CO (US);
William N. Moran, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Jason Anguiano, Castle Rock, CO (US);
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying and responding to missing or absent receivers. The invention includes determining, at a particular receiver that is a member of a group of receivers, that one member of the group is currently or was at a particular time missing, absent or otherwise unresponsive. Embodiments of the invention are directed to notifying a service provider of a receiver status or absence, which, in response, may take one of a number of predetermined actions.