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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Enrique Ruiz-velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Japan A. Mehta, Coppell, TX (US);
Venkata S. Adimatyam, Irving, TX (US);
Inventors:
Enrique Ruiz-Velasco, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Japan A. Mehta, Coppell, TX (US);
Venkata S. Adimatyam, Irving, TX (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method, device, and storage medium to identify that a resource conflict exists pertaining to tuners of a device that tune to programs; notify a user that the resource conflict exists; receive a request to release a tuner; release the tuner in response to the request; determine whether a program offer is to be made; and provide the program offer in response to determining that the program offer is to be made.