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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Stephen Strong, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Strong, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Assignee:
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/20 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04H 20/59 (2008.01); H04H 60/71 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04H 20/59 (2013.01); H04H 60/71 (2013.01); H04H 21/6543 (2013.01); H04H 21/814 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are techniques for transmitting alert information in association with television programming in a transport stream. The alert information may be transmitted to a plurality of television receivers for which the message may be applicable to at least a portion of the television receivers. Each television receiver receives the alert information and determines whether to output the alert information for presentation to a user.