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US 11,800,176 B2Granted
Use of near field communication (NFC) to transfer DVR timers
AssigneeDISH Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsChristofer Hardy, Thomas Allan Yarborough
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Abstract
A mobile device running a mobile application accesses a remote content receiver to request the remote content receiver to retrieve a particular recording timer, and upon receiving the recording timer from the remote content receiver, establishes a radio communication link with a second mobile device and transfers the recording timer to the second mobile device over the established radio communication link. The radio communication link is preferably the Near Field Communication (NFC) link.
Claims17
A system comprising:
- a first audio/video receiver including:
- a storage module;
- and
- a processing module configured to create a recording timer to record at least one program content in the storage module;
- and
- a first mobile device that is a handheld wireless device that is operational while being moved from one location to another, the first mobile device including:
- a housing;
- a battery within the housing that provides power for the first mobile device permitting it to be mobile;
- and
- a processing module within the housing and coupled to the battery, the processing module being configured to:
- present a user interface on the first mobile device,
- receive a first user input selecting a first data via the user interface, the first data being a first recording timer of a first program content, the first recording timer being associated with the first audio/video receiver,
- receive the first data from the first audio/video receiver,
- upon receiving the first data from a remote content receiver, establish a radio communication link between the first mobile device and a second mobile device that is a handheld wireless device that is operational while being moved from one location to another, the second mobile device being powered by a battery, and
- send the first data to the second mobile device, wherein the second mobile device is configured to transmit the first data to a second audio/video receiver and the transmission of the first data to the second audio/video receiver causes the second audio/video receiver to store the first data.
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A method comprising:
- presenting a user interface on the first mobile device that is a handheld wireless device that is operational while being moved from one location to another,
- receiving a first user input selecting a first data via the user interface, the first data being a first recording timer of a first program content, the first recording timer being associated with a first audio/video receiver,
- receiving the first data by the first mobile device from the first audio/video receiving,
- upon receiving the first data from the first audio/video receiver, establishing a radio communication link between the first mobile device and a second mobile device that is a handheld wireless device that is operational while being moved from one location to another, the second mobile device being powered by a battery, and
- sending the first data to the second mobile device, wherein the second mobile device is configured to transmit the first data to a second audio/video receiver and the transmission of the first data to the second audio/video receiver causes the second audio/video receiver to store the first data.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- present a user interface on the first mobile device that is a handheld wireless device that is operational while being moved from one location to another,
- receive a first user input selecting a first data via the user interface, the first data being a first recording timer of a first program content, the first recording timer being associated with a first audio/video receiver,
- receive the first data by the first mobile device from the first audio/video receiver,
- upon receiving the first data from the first audio/video receiver, establish a radio communication link between the first mobile device and a second mobile device that is a handheld wireless device that is operational while being moved from one location to another, the second mobile device being powered by a battery, and
- send the first data to the second mobile device, wherein the second mobile device is configured to transmit the first data to a second audio/video receiver and the transmission of the first data to the second audio/video receiver causes the second audio/video receiver to store the first data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.