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.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- commanding, by a receiving device including a processor, a front-end group including an external tuner to enter a high-power mode, wherein the external tuner includes a first tuner and a second tuner;
- determining, by the receiving device, the front-end group is inactive while not in a standby mode;
- responsive to determining the front-end group is inactive while in the standby mode, determining, by the receiving device, the front-end group has been inactive while in the standby mode for a time exceeding a threshold;
- and
- responsive to the determining the front-end group has been inactive while in the standby mode for the time exceeding the threshold, commanding, by the receiving device, the front-end group to enter a low power mode.
A receiving device, comprising
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- commanding a front-end group including an external tuner to enter a high-power mode;
- determining the front-end group is inactive while not in a standby mode;
- responsive to determining the front-end group is inactive while in the standby mode, determining the front-end group has been inactive while in the standby mode for a time exceeding a threshold;
- and
- responsive to the determining the front-end group has been inactive while in the standby mode for the time exceeding a threshold, commanding the front-end group to enter a low power mode.
A machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- commanding a front-end group including an external tuner to enter a high-power mode, wherein the external tuner includes a first tuner and a second tuner;
- determining the front-end group has been inactive while in a standby mode for a time exceeding a threshold;
- and
- responsive to the determining the front-end group has been inactive while in the standby mode for the time exceeding a threshold, commanding the front-end group to enter a low power mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.