Methods and apparatus for providing remote diagnostics to a television receiver
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1. A method executable by a customer support system to process a customer support request from a user, the method comprising:
- establishing a connection between the customer support system and a television receiver associated with the user via a communication network;
receiving video content from the television receiver associated with the user at the customer support system via the connection, wherein the video content is received as a video stream that contains television programming processed by the television receiver associated with the user; and
outputting the video content received from the television receiver associated with the user to a display for presentation to an agent handling the customer support request.
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Abstract
Described herein are techniques for allowing a customer support agent to remotely analyze a television receiver. A television receiver is communicatively coupled to a customer support center through a communication network. A customer support agent remotely accesses the television receiver and the television receiver transmits video content to the customer support center through the communication network. The video output is outputted to the customer support agent at the customer support center for analysis of the television receiver.
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1. A method executable by a customer support system to process a customer support request from a user, the method comprising:
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establishing a connection between the customer support system and a television receiver associated with the user via a communication network; receiving video content from the television receiver associated with the user at the customer support system via the connection, wherein the video content is received as a video stream that contains television programming processed by the television receiver associated with the user; and outputting the video content received from the television receiver associated with the user to a display for presentation to an agent handling the customer support request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A television receiver comprising:
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a hardware receiver interface that receives input video data from a television distribution network; a hardware network interface configured to communicatively couple to a communications network; and a processing device communicatively coupled to the receiver interface and to the network interface, the processing device configured to; establish a connection with a customer support system via the network interface; receive a command, via the connection, from the customer support system; initiate the encoding of a video stream from the input video data responsive to the command; and initiate transmission of the encoded video stream to the customer support system via the network interface. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A customer support system to allow a customer service agent to respond to a support request from a user, the system comprising:
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a processing device; a network interface responsive to the processing device to establish a connection between a customer support system and a television receiver associated with the user via a communication network and to receive video content from the television receiver associated with the user at the customer support system via the connection, wherein the video content is received as a video stream that contains television programming processed by the television receiver associated with the user; and a display interface configured to output the video content received from the identified television receiver associated with the user to a display for presentation to the customer service agent handling the support request from the user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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