US 12,244,874 B2
Localized cloud services for privacy-isolated clients
Mudit Mathur, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,619.
Application 18/170,619 is a continuation of application No. 17/345,464, filed on Jun. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,611,781.
Application 17/345,464 is a continuation of application No. 16/379,484, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,057,648, issued on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209104 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 21/2187 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2143 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6175 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A local cloud system for providing television services at a facility, the local cloud system comprising:
a facility cloud host system, comprising:
a satellite interface that is used to receive a plurality of television channel streams from a television content service provider via a satellite and a satellite antenna;
a plurality of tuners, wherein each tuner of the plurality of tuners receives one or more television channel streams;
a transcoder that transcodes the one or more television channel streams into a format for transmission over a packet-based network to a client device;
a property management system interface through which information of a user associated with the client device is obtained based on a reservation of the user, wherein:
the client device is part of a plurality of client devices; and
the reservation is indicative of a time period for which a room is reserved for the user at the facility; and
a digital video recorder (DVR) manager configured to:
receive a timer defining a time period and a television channel to be recorded from the client device;
determine whether recording is permitted based on a date and the time period of the timer falling within the time for which the room is reserved for the user at the facility; and
in response to determining that the recording is permitted based on the date and the time period of the timer falling within the time for which the room is reserved for the user at the facility, recording the television channel.