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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Brian D. Jupin, Germantown, MD (US);
Sean S. Lee, Rockville, MD (US);
Jorge H. Guzman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Inventors:
Brian D. Jupin, Germantown, MD (US);
Sean S. Lee, Rockville, MD (US);
Jorge H. Guzman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/63 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for removing a portion of a system such as an external device from lower power mode includes a host device and an external device in communication with the host device. The external device is in a low power mode. The host device includes a controller generating a prediction signal in response to an input to an external device and commands the external device from low power mode in response to the prediction signal.