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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Todd W. Jones, Kansas City, MO (US);
Jason Gabriel Hill, Belton, MO (US);
Gary Alan Thompson, Paola, KS (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A multimedia delivery platform includes a platform manager configured to monitor status of platform resources including content acquisition resources and a managed element, visible to the platform manager, including an externally accessible contact closure. A state of the contact closure is specified by user input provided by a platform manager user. The platform includes a shaking device configured to shake a signal acquisition device such as a dish antenna. A power relay in the platform includes a control terminal coupled to the contact closure of the managed element and output terminals configured to deliver power to the shaking machine upon activation of the power relay.