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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Sean S. Lee, Rockville, MD (US);
Brian D. Jupin, Germantown, MD (US);
Jorge H. Guzman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Scott D. Casavant, Germantown, MD (US);
Inventors:
Sean S. Lee, Rockville, MD (US);
Brian D. Jupin, Germantown, MD (US);
Jorge H. Guzman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Scott D. Casavant, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of entering a low power mode includes an external tuner module having a first external tuner and a receiving device having a first receiving tuner. The receiving device has a controller determining an unused tuner from one of the first external tuner or first receiving tuner and controls entering a low power mode at the unused tuner.