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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Echostar Technologies, Llc, Englewood, CO (US);
David Kummer, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Henry Gregg Martch, Parker, CO (US);
Morgan Kirby, Palmer Lake, CO (US);
Anand Menon, Parker, CO (US);
Germar Schaefer, Monument, CO (US);
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
An arrangement for grouping multiple television channels for recording is presented. Television channel usage data indicative of television programs being requested by users of the television receivers may be received. The television channel usage data may provide usage data for television channels being transmitted using a plurality of transponders. The television channel usage data may be analyzed to determine a grouping of television channels. Based on the television channel usage data, a television channel may be reassigned from a first transponder to a second transponder for transmission to the plurality of television receivers such that the grouping of television channels are transmitted using the second transponder.