Patent №
US 8,347,281
Granted
2013-01-01
Filed 2010
Owner
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
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Lab
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AI components
1
evo
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12686219
A method and apparatus for updating set top box software from a resident software version stored in a memory of the set-top box to a current software version is disclosed. The method comprises the step of automatically checking to determine if the resident software version is the current software version, and downloading data comprising at least a portion of the current software version if the resident software version is not the current software version.
AI classification
Ownership
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
assignment · 290320246
DIRECTV, LLC
assignment · 570330451
Assignors
ARSENAULT, ROBERT G., JIJINA, ASPANDYAR M.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.