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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Sean S. Lee, Potomac, MD (US);
Kuriacose Joseph, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Scott D. Casavant, Germantown, MD (US);
Inventors:
Sean S. Lee, Potomac, MD (US);
Kuriacose Joseph, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Scott D. Casavant, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/6334 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25841 (2013.01); H04N 21/25833 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01); H04N 21/6334 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for determining unauthorized use of a set top box includes a set top box that receives a profile of weather conditions in a geographic area, generating a weather log, comparing the weather log and the profile and disabling the set top box from receiving signals in response to comparing. A head end and a plurality of other set top boxes may be used to gather the weather data to form the profile.