IP Library Granted Patent US 9,930,401
Granted Patent B2
US 9,930,401 · App. 13/732,269 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

WiFi video bridge circuit in QOS

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Patent No.
US 9,930,401
App. No.
13/732,269
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first television receiver provides media content wirelessly to a second television receiver. The first television receiver transmits video data to the second television receiver on a first wireless network. The television receiver transmits other kinds of data to the second television receiver on a second wireless network.

Claims (32)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by control circuitry within a first television receiver, internet data from the Internet;

receiving, by the control circuitry within the first television receiver, media data from a media content provider;

establishing, by a single wireless bridge circuit coupled to the control circuitry, a first, higher priority, wireless network having a first unique serial set identifier;

establishing, by the wireless bridge circuit, a second, lower priority, wireless network having a second unique serial set identifier, the first and second wireless networks providing separate communication paths between the first television receiver and a second television receiver;

transmitting, from the first television receiver to the second television receiver, via the wireless bridge circuit, the media data over the first wireless network and the Internet data over the second wireless network and

automatically reducing bandwidth of the second wireless network and increasing bandwidth of the first wireless network, by the first and second television receivers, when a high data volume approaching maximum capacity is being transmitted across the first and second wireless networks.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the media data includes video data.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, in the second television receiver, video programs over the first wireless network; and

displaying the video programs on a display coupled to the second television receiver.

4. A method, comprising:

receiving, by control circuitry within a first television receiver, media content from a media content provider;

establishing by a first wireless bridge circuit, a first wireless network between the first television receiver and a second wireless bridge circuit coupled to a second television receiver, the first wireless network having a first unique serial set identifier;

establishing a second wireless network between the first wireless bridge circuit and the second wireless bridge circuit, the second wireless network being separate from the first wireless network, the second wireless network having a second unique serial set identifier; and

transmitting, by the first and second wireless bridge circuits, the media content from the first television receiver to a second television receiver, the transmitting including:

transmitting a first data type only over the first wireless network, the first wireless network being a higher priority wireless network, the first data type being media data from a from a media content provider;

transmitting a second data type only over the second wireless network the second wireless network being a lower priority wireless network, the second data type being internet data from the Internet, and

automatically reducing bandwidth of the second wireless network and increasing bandwidth of the first wireless network, by the first and second television receivers, when a high data volume approaching maximum capacity is being transmitted across the first and second wireless networks.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising providing more bandwidth for the first wireless network than for the second wireless network.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein the media content provider is a television service provider and the media content includes video content.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing the video content from the second television receiver to a display coupled to the second television receiver.

8. A system, comprising:

a wireless bridge circuit;

a first television receiver coupled to the wireless bridge circuit;

a second television receiver coupled to the wireless bridge circuit;

a first wireless network having a unique first serial set identifier, the first wireless network established for transmitting higher priority data; and

a second wireless network having a unique second serial set identifier, the second wireless established for transmitting lower priority data,

the second television receiver configured to send to the first television receiver, via the wireless bridge circuit, a first type of data on the first wireless network, the first data type being media data from a from a media content provider, and a second type of data on the second wireless network, the second data type being internet data from the Internet,

the first and second television receivers configured to automatically reduce bandwidth of the second wireless network and increase bandwidth of the first wireless network, when a high data volume approaching maximum capacity is being transmitted across the first and second wireless networks.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the media data includes video data.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the second television receiver is configured to send the video content to the first television receiver over the first wireless network.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: DISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION; DISH NETWORK L.L.C.; DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
To: U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058295/0293 →
CONVERSION Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
To: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 046737/0610 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2013
From: KOZLOWSKI, ANTHONY
To: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 029703/0019 →