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US 2016/0366363 A1Published application
Method and system for controlling a low power mode for external devices
AssigneeThe DIRECTV Group, Inc.
InventorsSean S. Lee, Brian D. Jupin, Jorge H. Guzman, Scott D. Casavant
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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.
Claims31
A method comprising:
- coupling a host device to an external television signal tuner, television signal and demodulator that is separate from and in communication with the host device;
- the host device determining the external tuner is streaming data to the host device;
- and
- entering a low power mode at the external television signal tuner and television signal demodulator by control of the host device when the external tuner is not streaming data.
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A method comprising:
- coupling an external tuner device having a first external tuner to a receiving device having a first receiving tuner, said receiving device separate from and in communication with the external tuner device;
- determining, at the host device, that the first external tuner is streaming data to the host device:
- determining, at the host device, that the first receiving tuner is streaming data received at the receiving device;
- determining an unused tuner from one of the first external tuner or first receiving tuner at the receiving device when the first external tuner or the first receiving tuner is not streaming data;
- and
- entering a low power mode at the unused tuner by control of the receiving device.
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A system comprising:
- an external tuner module having a first external tuner;
- and
- a receiving device separate from and in communication with the first external tuner module having a first receiving tuner, said receiving device having a controller determining the external tuner is streaming data to the receiving device and controlling entering a low power mode at the first external tuner when the external tuner is not streaming data.
A system comprising:
- an external tuner module having a first external tuner;
- and
- a receiving device separate from and in communication with the first external tuner module having a first receiving tuner, said receiving device having a controller determining that the first external tuner is streaming data to the host device, determining that the first receiving tuner is streaming data received at the receiving device, determining an unused tuner from one of the first external tuner or first receiving tuner and controlling entering a low power mode at the unused tuner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.