Kranti K Kilaru from 7885 S Flanders St, Denver, CO 80016, age 59

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Kranti Kilaru
Vpengineering

DISH NETWORK LLC
Sale Of Consumer Satellite Programming Subscriptions · Cable and Other Subscription Programming · Trade Contractor · Direct Broadcast Satellite Service · Internet Service · Satellite Tv Service · Radio, Tv & Other Electronics Stores

9601 S Meridian Blvd, Englewood, CO 80112
PO Box 6663, Englewood, CO 80155
Corporation Service Company, Charleston, WV 25302
PO Box 6623, Englewood, CO 80155
3037231000, 3037231999, 8888252557, 8882444417

Us Patents

Account Tracking System
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US Patent:

20100130141, May 27, 2010
Filed:

Nov 26, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/324584
Inventors:

Nicholas B. Newell - Highlands Ranch CO, US
David A. Kummer - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Kranti Kilaru - Castle Rock CO, US
William N. Moran - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Jason Anguiano - Castle Rock CO, US
Assignee:

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. - Englewood CO
International Classification:

H04B 1/38
H04B 1/06
H04B 1/18
US Classification:

455 901, 455130, 455352, 4551501
Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying and responding to missing or absent receivers. The invention includes determining, at a particular receiver that is a member of a group of receivers, that one member of the group is currently or was at a particular time missing, absent or otherwise unresponsive. Embodiments of the invention are directed to notifying a service provider of a receiver status or absence, which, in response, may take one of a number of predetermined actions.

Account-Specific Encryption Key
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US Patent:

20100131968, May 27, 2010
Filed:

Nov 26, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/324634
Inventors:

Nicholas B. Newell - Highlands Ranch CO, US
David A. Kummer - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Kranti Kilaru - Castle Rock CO, US
William N. Moran - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Jason Anguiano - Castle Rock CO, US
Assignee:

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. - Englewood CO
International Classification:

H04N 7/16
H04N 7/167
H04N 7/20
H04N 7/173
US Classification:

725 4, 725 31, 725134, 725 68
Abstract:

One embodiment takes the form of a method and apparatus for creating a customer-specific encryption key for encrypting digital information. The encryption key may be based on a customer number and may be associated with several devices such that the devices may encrypt and decrypt the digital information. Because each device may have the same encryption key, the encrypted data may be encrypted by a first device, transferred from the first device to a second device and decrypted and read by the second device. Thus, encrypted digital information may be shared between devices that generate a customer-specific encryption key from a common customer number. In one embodiment, the customer-specific encryption key may be utilized by a set-top box of a television system to encrypt and decrypt a digitally recorded television program.

User Notification Of Broadcast Communication Channel Problems
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US Patent:

20100253785, Oct 7, 2010
Filed:

Mar 29, 2007
Appl. No.:

11/693024
Inventors:

David A. Kummer - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Michael T. Dugan - Parker CO, US
Kranti K. Kilaru - Castle Rock CO, US
Assignee:

EchoStar Satellite LLC - Englewood CO
International Classification:

H04N 17/00
US Classification:

348192, 348E17003
Abstract:

A method is presented for notifying a user of a broadcast communication channel problem. At a broadcast distribution facility, a problem involving a first broadcast communication channel from the broadcast distribution facility to a broadcast communication receiver associated with the user is detected. A cause of the problem is ascertained at the facility. The broadcast distribution facility then relays an indication of the cause of the problem to the receiver over a second broadcast communication channel from the facility to the receiver. The receiver informs the user of the cause of the problem.

Tracking User Interaction From A Receiving Device
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US Patent:

20120137318, May 31, 2012
Filed:

Nov 22, 2011
Appl. No.:

13/302717
Inventors:

Kranti Kilaru - Castle Rock CO, US
David A. Kummer - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Henry Gregg Martch - Parker CO, US
Jason Anguiano - Castle Rock CO, US
S. Craig Hemenway - Denver CO, US
Assignee:

ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C. - Englewood CO
International Classification:

H04N 21/24
US Classification:

725 14
Abstract:

Measuring and tracking user interaction with a television receiver, such as a set top box or cable box. The television receiver may create and display a matrix code that includes temporal information, user identification information, geographic information, and/or a user selection. The matrix code may be captured by a matrix reading device and transmitted to a monitoring entity. Optionally, the matrix reading device may decode the matrix code and transmit associated data to the monitoring entity. The monitoring entity may use the code or data to track and distinguish between user interactions at different points in time.

Mining Of Advertisement Viewer Information Using Matrix Code
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US Patent:

20120151524, Jun 14, 2012
Filed:

Dec 10, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/965645
Inventors:

Kranti Kilaru - Castle Rock CO, US
Keith Gerhards - Parker CO, US
Assignee:

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. - Englewood CO
International Classification:

H04N 7/10
G06Q 30/00
US Classification:

725 35, 705 1473
Abstract:

A method for collecting advertisement viewer information includes receiving a signal carrying a television advertisement, reading viewing data associated with the advertisement from a computer readable storage medium, compiling a matrix code including the viewing data for inclusion in the advertisement and scanning by a viewer, and transmitting the advertisement with the matrix code to a presentation device for display. A system for including advertisement viewer information in a matrix code is also described.

Matrix Code-Based User Interface
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US Patent:

20120155838, Jun 21, 2012
Filed:

Dec 20, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/973431
Inventors:

Keith Gerhards - Parker CO, US
Dan J. Minnick - Littleton CO, US
Kranti Kilaru - Castle Rock CO, US
Assignee:

EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. - Englewood CO
International Classification:

H04N 5/76
G06F 17/00
H04N 5/445
US Classification:

386291, 725 40, 235375, 386E05003
Abstract:

A method for presenting a matrix code may include receiving, at a content receiver, a signal carrying identifying data relating to a remotely accessible program, generating, at a content receiver, a matrix code from the identifying data relating to the remotely accessible program, transmitting the matrix code as part of a content presentation to a presentation device for display, and receiving the remotely accessible program in response to a user capture of the matrix code. A method for remotely controlling a set top box and a method for setting a recording time on a set top box are also described. A method of preparing a program guide may include gathering program information, generating matrix codes for each program including program data, and associating the matrix codes with respective programs.

Television Receiver Storage Management
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US Patent:

20130243399, Sep 19, 2013
Filed:

Mar 13, 2013
Appl. No.:

13/800477
Inventors:

Yunfeng Yang - Aurora CO, US
Mark Templeman - Parker CO, US
Kranti Kumar Kilaru - Castle Rock CO, US
Germar Schaefer - Monument CO, US
Assignee:

ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Englewood CO
International Classification:

H04N 9/87
US Classification:

386294
Abstract:

Various arrangements for managing television programming storage at a television receiver are presented. User input specifying a number of days for retention of each managed array of a plurality of managed arrays of television channels to be recorded by the television receiver may be received. A television service provider may select a plurality of television channels for recording as the plurality of managed arrays of television channels. Also, the television service provider may define times for recording of the plurality of television channels of the plurality of managed arrays of television channels. A first amount of storage space for storage of the plurality of managed arrays of television channels may be calculated based on the number of days for retention. The first amount of storage space of a storage medium to the plurality of managed arrays of television channels may be allocated.

Account-Specific Encryption Key
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US Patent:

20170339452, Nov 23, 2017
Filed:

Jul 27, 2017
Appl. No.:

15/662135
Inventors:

- Englewood CO, US
David A. Kummer - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Kranti Kilaru - Castle Rock CO, US
William N. Moran - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Jason Anguiano - Castle Rock CO, US
International Classification:

H04N 21/433
H04N 21/4623
H04N 21/4405
H04N 7/167
H04N 7/16
H04N 21/266
H04N 7/20
H04N 21/61
H04N 21/418
Abstract:

One embodiment takes the form of a method and apparatus for creating a customer-specific encryption key for encrypting digital information. The encryption key may be based on a customer number and may be associated with several devices such that the devices may encrypt and decrypt the digital information. Because each device may have the same encryption key, the encrypted data may be encrypted by a first device, transferred from the first device to a second device and decrypted and read by the second device. Thus, encrypted digital information may be shared between devices that generate a customer-specific encryption key from a common customer number. In one embodiment, the customer-specific encryption key may be utilized by a set-top box of a television system to encrypt and decrypt a digitally recorded television program.