IP Library Granted Patent US 10,091,676
Granted Patent B2
US 10,091,676 · App. 14/275,244 · Granted Oct 2, 2018

Signal measurement using paired remote device

Inventor: Henry Gregg Martch (Parker, CO)
Assignee: DISH Technologies L.L.C.
H04W24/08H04B17/20H04B17/318H04N5/4403H04N17/04H04N21/2408H04N21/4126H04N21/42207H04N21/42209H04N21/44209H04N21/6547H04N21/6582H04W4/80H04B17/23H04B17/24H04B17/27H04N2005/441H04N2005/4407
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Patent No.
US 10,091,676
App. No.
14/275,244
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a remote device, a client device, and a server. The server is configured to measure a signal strength of the client device relative to the server and transmit signal strength measurement data representing the signal strength. The remote device is configured to output a representation of the signal strength in accordance with the signal strength measurement data. A method includes measuring a signal strength of a client device relative to a server, transmitting signal strength measurement data representing the signal strength to a remote device, and outputting via the remote device a representation of the signal strength in accordance with the signal strength measurement data.

Claims (30)

1. A system comprising:

a remote device;

a client device paired with the remote device; and

a server configured to measure a signal strength of the client device relative to the server and transmit signal strength measurement data to at least one of the client device and the remote device,

wherein the remote device is configured to receive the signal strength measurement data transmitted from at least one of the server and the client device and output a representation of the signal strength of the client device in accordance with the signal strength measurement data received at the remote device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device includes a plurality of lights, and wherein the remote device is configured to output the representation of the signal strength of the client device by illuminating at least one of the plurality of lights to represent the signal strength of the client device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device includes a display screen, and wherein the remote device is configured to display the representation of the signal strength on the display screen.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is configured for two-way communication with at least one of the client device and the server.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the client device is configured to wirelessly communicate with the server.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one of the client device and the server.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is configured to pair with the server.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the client device is configured to receive the signal strength measurement data from the server and transmit the signal strength measurement data to the remote device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is configured to receive the signal strength measurement data from the server.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the signal strength of the client device includes at least one of a visual output and an audio output.

11. A remote device comprising:

a communication interface configured to pair with a client device and receive signal strength measurement data from at least one of the client device and a server, the signal strength measurement data representing a signal strength of the client device relative to the server;

a processing device configured to process the signal strength measurement data; and

an output device configured to receive the signal strength measurement data from the processing device and output a representation of the signal strength of the client device in accordance with the signal strength measurement data received.

12. The remote device of claim 11 , wherein the output device includes a plurality of lights, and wherein outputting the representation of the signal strength of the client device includes illuminating at least one of the plurality of lights.

13. The remote device of claim 11 , wherein the output device includes a display screen, and wherein the representation of the signal strength of the client device is displayed on the display screen.

14. The remote device of claim 11 , wherein the communication interface is configured for two-way communication with at least one of the client device and the server.

15. The remote device of claim 11 , wherein the communication interface is configured for wireless communication with at least one of the client device and the server.

16. The remote device of claim 11 , wherein the communication interface is configured to pair with at least one of the server and the client device to receive the signal strength measurement data.

17. The remote device of claim 11 , wherein the output device is configured to output the representation of the signal strength of the client device as at least one of a visual output and an audio output.

18. A method comprising:

measuring a signal strength of a client device relative to a server;

transmitting signal strength measurement data representing the signal strength of the client device to a remote device paired with the client device; and

outputting, via the remote device, a representation of the signal strength of the client device in accordance with the signal strength measurement data.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the signal strength of the client device is received from at least one of the client device and the server.

20. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an access point hard-wired to the server and in wireless communication with the client device, wherein the signal strength measurement data represents a wireless signal strength of the client device relative to the access point hard-wired to the server and wherein the signal strength of the client device relative to the server is based at least in part on the wireless signal strength of the client device relative to the access point hard-wired to the server.

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 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
To: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 048099/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2014
From: MARTCH, HENRY GREGG
To: ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
Reel/Frame 032889/0463 →
Continuity (1)
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