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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2011
Applicants:

Kenneth Jones, Palmer Lake, CO (US);

Rodney Davis, Parker, CO (US);

Robert Wallen, Centennial, CO (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth Jones, Palmer Lake, CO (US);

Rodney Davis, Parker, CO (US);

Robert Wallen, Centennial, CO (US);

Assignee:

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 17/02 (2006.01); H04N 17/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04H 20/12 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/32 (2013.01); H04H 20/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

In various embodiments, a plurality of automated monitoring and control system modules (automated monitoring and control system module) are individually connected to respective receiving devices via the audio and video output ports of each respective receiving device. Each automated monitoring and control system module may be configured to receive a testing program from a centralized monitoring system for the receiving device based on identification data of the receiving device and execute the received testing program for the receiving device. Each automated monitoring and control system module is connected to the centralized monitoring system over a local area network (LAN) or the Internet in order to send testing results, diagnostic data and captured video and audio data for further processing by the centralized monitoring system.


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