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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Jamie C. Howarter, Overland Park, KS (US);
Charles M. Lesher, Louisburg, KS (US);
Douglas B. Ceballos, Olathe, KS (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/2385 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04H 40/00 (2008.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04N 5/63 (2006.01); H04N 5/781 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04L 47/14 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 5/63 (2013.01); H04N 5/781 (2013.01); H04N 7/165 (2013.01); H04N 21/2385 (2013.01); H04N 21/25808 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/4436 (2013.01); H04N 21/6156 (2013.01); H04N 21/414 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for conserving bandwidth for a data connection. A television is detected to have been turned off. Recording information is requested from a digital video record. A content stream to the digital video recorder and the television is terminated in response to receiving the recording information and determining the DVR is inactive.