US 2019/0173741 A1Published application

Broadband watchdog

AssigneeDISH Network L.L.C.

InventorEric Hieb

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Abstract

A network watchdog and reset device determines that a signal into a modem device has been interrupted. In response to determining that the signal into the modem device has been restored, the device transmits control signals that cause power to the modem device to be cycled. In response to determining that the modem device is outputting data, the device transmits control signals that cause power to a router device to be cycled. In response to determining that the router device is outputting data, the device transmits control signals that cause power to a wireless access point device to be cycled. In response to determining that the wireless access point device is outputting data, the device transmits control signals that cause power to a peripheral device such as a security camera to be cycled.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining that a signal into a modem device has been interrupted;
after determining that the signal into the modem device has been interrupted, determining that the signal into the modem device has been restored;
in response to determining that the signal into the modem device has been restored, transmitting a first control signal and then transmitting a second control signal, the first control signal causing power to not be supplied to the modem device and the second control signal causing power to be supplied to the modem device;
a first predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the second control signal, determining whether the modem device is outputting data;
in response to determining that the modem device is outputting data, transmitting a third control signal and then transmitting a fourth control signal, the third control signal causing power to not be supplied to a router device that is coupled to the modem device and the fourth control signal causing power to be supplied to the router device;
a second predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the fourth control signal, determining whether the router device is outputting data;
and
in response to determining that the router device is outputting data, transmitting a fifth control signal and then transmitting a sixth control, the fifth control signal causing power to not be supplied to a wireless access point device that is coupled to the router device and the sixth control signal causing power to be supplied to the wireless access point device;
a third predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the sixth control signal, determining whether the wireless access point device is outputting data;
in response to determining that the wireless access point device is outputting data, transmitting a seventh control signal and then transmitting an eighth control signal, the seventh control signal causing power to not be supplied to a peripheral device communicatively coupled to the modem and the eighth control signal causing power to be supplied to the peripheral device;
and
a fourth predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the eighth control signal, determining whether the peripheral device is outputting data.

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A method comprising:

determining that data out of a peripheral device has been interrupted;
in response to determining that the data out of the peripheral device has been interrupted, transmitting a first control signal and then transmitting a second control signal, the first control signal causing power to not be supplied to the peripheral device and the second control signal causing power to be supplied to the peripheral device;
a first predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the second control signal, determining whether the peripheral device is outputting data;
in response to determining that the peripheral device is not outputting data, determining whether data into the peripheral device has been restored;
after determining that the data into the peripheral device has not been restored, transmitting a third control signal and then transmitting a fourth control signal, the third control signal causing power to not be supplied to a router device and the fourth control signal causing power to be supplied to the router device;
a second predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the fourth control signal, determining whether the router device is outputting data;
in response to determining that the router device is outputting data, transmitting a fifth control signal and then transmitting a sixth control signal, the fifth control signal causing power to not be supplied to a wireless access point device that is coupled to the modem device and the sixth control signal causing power to be supplied to the wireless access point device;
and
a third predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the sixth control signal, determining whether the wireless access point device is outputting data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/833,729Filed 6 Dec 2017
Published: 6 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H04L 41/0661
By isolating or reconfiguring faulty entities: by reconfiguring faulty entities
H04L 12/10
Details: current supply arrangements
H04L 12/12
Details: arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
H04L 12/2898
Operational details of access network equipments: subscriber equipments

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