MEDIA CONTENT CROWDSOURCE

• US 20160088351A1
• Filed: 09/23/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Petruzzelli, Edmund, Kummer, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,565,474 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2385 Channel allocation H04N21/266 takes precedence; Bandwidth allocation H04N21/24 takes precedence ; allocation of channels according to the instantaneous demands of the users in time-division multiplex systems H04J3/1682; admission control, resource allocation in open networks H04L12/5692; arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896; negotiating bandwidth in wireless networks H04W28/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4627 Rights management associated to the content security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6112 involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6143 involving transmission via a satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6162 involving terrestrial transmission, e.g. DVB-T
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6193 involving transmission via a satellite arrangements for data linking, networking or transporting, or for controlling an end to end session in a satellite broadcast system H04B7/18526
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/632 using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64707 for transferring content from a first network to a second network, e.g. between IP and wireless

Abstract

The provisioning of media content to computing devices that might not normally have access thereto. Example types of media or media content may include advertising media, broadcast media, social media, news media, and others.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a request at a television receiver to transfer particular content to another device over a broadband terrestrial communication channel, the television receiver associated with a customer account of a satellite television provider different than another customer account associated with the another device;

allocating by the television receiver a particular tuner of the television receiver to receive the particular content over a satellite communication channel; and

establishing a communication connection between the television receiver and the another device in order to transfer the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication channel.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the television receiver the particular content over the satellite communication channel.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

transferring by the television receiver the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication channel.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

terminating the communication connection between the television receiver and the another device upon completion of transfer of the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication channel.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

monitoring the transfer of the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication channel to identify any disruption in the transfer of the particular content to the another device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining by the television receiver that a recorded instance of the particular content is inaccessible to the television receiver; and

in response to the determining, allocating by the television receiver the particular tuner of the television receiver to receive the particular content over a satellite communication channel.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the television receiver a particular command to authorize the transfer of content to any particular requesting device in response to receiving a particular request to transfer content over a particular broadband terrestrial communication channel by the television receiver.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the television receiver a particular command to define a particular number of tuners of the television receiver to make available for receiving satellite broadcast content for transfer over a particular broadband terrestrial communication channel by the television receiver.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the television receiver a particular command to authorize the transfer of content accessible to the television receiver from a digital video recorder for transfer over a particular broadband terrestrial communication channel by the television receiver.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the television receiver a particular command to authorize a particular reimbursement for credit to the customer account associated with the television receiver in return for the transfer of the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication channel.

11. A television receiver, comprising:

at least one processor;

a plurality of tuners each one communicatively coupled with the at least one processor;

a broadband terrestrial communication interface communicatively coupled with the at least one processor; and

at least one memory element communicatively coupled with and readable by at least one processor and having stored therein processor-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

detect receipt of a request to transfer particular content to another device over the broadband terrestrial communication interface, the television receiver associated with a customer account of a satellite television provider different than another customer account associated with the another device;

allocate a particular tuner of the plurality of tuners to receive the particular content over a satellite communication channel; and

establish a communication connection between the television receiver and the another device in order to transfer the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication interface.

12. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the processor-readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

acquire the particular content over the satellite communication channel.

13. The television receiver of claim 12, wherein the processor-readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

send the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication interface.

14. The television receiver of claim 13, wherein the processor-readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

terminate the communication connection between the television receiver and the another device upon completion of transfer of the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication interface.

15. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the processor-readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

determine that a recorded instance of the particular content is inaccessible to the television receiver and in response allocate the particular tuner of the plurality of tuners to receive the particular content over a satellite communication channel.

16. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the processor-readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

detect receipt of a particular command to authorize the transfer of content to any particular requesting device in response to a particular request to transfer content over a particular broadband terrestrial communication channel by the television receiver.

17. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the processor-readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

detect receipt of a particular command to define a particular number of tuners of the plurality of tuners to make available for receiving satellite broadcast content for transfer over a particular broadband terrestrial communication channel by the television receiver.

18. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the processor-readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

detect receipt of a particular command to authorize the transfer of content accessible to the television receiver from a digital video recorder for transfer over a particular broadband terrestrial communication channel by the television receiver.

19. The television receiver of claim 11, wherein the processor-readable instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

detect receipt of a particular command to authorize a particular reimbursement for credit to the customer account associated with the television receiver in return for the transfer of the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication interface.

20. A method, comprising:

receiving a request at a television receiver to transfer particular content to another device over a broadband terrestrial communication channel, the television receiver associated with a customer account of a satellite television provider different than another customer account associated with the another device;

allocating by the television receiver a particular tuner of the television receiver to receive the particular content over a satellite communication channel;

establishing a communication connection between the television receiver and the another device in order to transfer the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication channel; and

transferring by the television receiver the particular content to the another device over the broadband terrestrial communication channel.