US 11,991,471 B2
Antenna meter app
Edmund Petruzzelli, Winchester, VA (US); and Marcel Guajardo, Lakewood, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/078,834.
Application 18/078,834 is a continuation of application No. 17/518,495, filed on Nov. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,546,544.
Application 17/518,495 is a continuation of application No. 16/601,340, filed on Oct. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,184,573.
Prior Publication US 2023/0103763 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/455 (2006.01); H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04H 60/32 (2008.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 5/445 (2013.01) [H04B 1/1081 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04H 60/32 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04N 21/42209 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
establishing a wireless connection between a meter associated with an over-the-air (OTA) antenna and a client device, wherein the OTA antenna is to be installed at a location;
receiving, at the client device, signal data from the meter for a plurality of broadcast channels, the signal data including a radio frequency and signal strength of a radio signal associated with each broadcast channel received by the OTA antenna;
generating, at the client device and using the signal data, a first graphical user interface (GUI) displaying the broadcast channels received by the OTA antenna and the signal strength of each of the broadcast channels;
receiving, at the client device, a user selection of a set of the broadcast channels;
determining, at the client device and based on the signal data, the signal strength for the set of the broadcast channels, wherein the signal strength of one or more broadcast channels from the set of broadcast channels is below a specified threshold, which indicates to a user to adjust a position of the OTA antenna;
generating a second GUI having a geographical map of the location and a location of OTA broadcast towers of the set of the broadcast channels on the geographical map; and
receiving, by the client device and from the meter, revised signal strength of the one or more broadcast channels in response to adjusting the position of the OTA antenna, wherein the revised signal strength exceeds the specified threshold.