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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2004
Applicants:
David A. Kummer, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Mark W. Jackson, Littleton, CO (US);
Michael T. Dugan, Parker, CO (US);
Daniel J. Minnick, Littleton, CO (US);
Inventors:
David A. Kummer, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Mark W. Jackson, Littleton, CO (US);
Michael T. Dugan, Parker, CO (US);
Daniel J. Minnick, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
EchoStar Technologies, L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus to have a pay television distributor set timers for the user. The timers record programs either requested by the user or by the pay television distributor.