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Patent No.:

US 8990872 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2013

System and method for using a set-top box application to diagnose customer premises equipment

Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Boatright, Decatur, GA (US);

Nathan L. Edwards, The Colony, TX (US);

Sean T. Hamrick, Dallas, TX (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:

Guntin & Gust, PLC

Joseph P. Hrutka

Primary Examiner:

Kieu Oanh T Bui

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6181 (2013.01); H04L 12/2697 (2013.01); H04L 41/5074 (2013.01); H04L 43/50 (2013.01); H04N 21/254 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/8193 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device having a test module configured to connect with a server through a cellular telephone network and a wireless area network. The test module is also configured to initiate, in the server, a diagnostic test of an Internet Protocol television network and a set-top box device. The test module is further configured to receive information indicating problems with the Internet Protocol television network and the set-top box device, and to display the information on a display.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Boatright, Michael. (2015). System and method for using a set-top box application to diagnose customer premises equipment (U.S. Patent No. 8990872). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8990872

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