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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Sean S. Lee, Rockville, MD (US);
Brian D. Jupin, Germantown, MD (US);
Inventors:
Sean S. Lee, Rockville, MD (US);
Brian D. Jupin, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/234 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/23418 (2013.01); H04N 7/17354 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for optimizing communication includes an external device and a host device coupled to the external device. The host device generates a tuning request having a request identifier. The external device receives content. The content has a plurality of identifiers associated therewith. The external device filters content according to the request identifier of the plurality of identifiers to form filtered data and communicating the filtered data to the host device.