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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Echostar Technologies L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);
Robert J.V. Jackson, Englewood, CO (US);
Tianhua Zhang, Superior, CO (US);
Moutaz Elkaissi, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Hao Nguyen, Denver, CO (US);
Jorge Sotelo, Denver, CO (US);
Wendell Blackman, Denver, CO (US);
Greg Goldey, Castlerock, CO (US);
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Implementations are directed to predicting signal degradation at receivers used to display a programming service. The receivers capture signal strength data that is then transmitted to a processing location, which may be associated with a provider of the programming service. A signal degradation detector at the provider operates to predict whether or not a future unacceptable signal quality will occur within a time interval. The prediction may be based on a test quantity calculated from signals captured at the receiver and based on a figure of merit for the geographic locale in which the receiver is located. A maintenance call may be initiated for those receivers that have such a poor signal quality.