System and method for performing diagnostics for a customer IRD in a satellite television system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7739717
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10891386

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An IRD is provided with expanded self-test capabilities, both hardware and software, that will provide standardized and more precise diagnostics. The IRD runs a sequence of tests to determine the fitness of the IRD and the health of the ODU. As the tests are completed, the results are displayed on-screen and written to a report. If a test fails, the appropriate remedial action such as “reset to factory default settings”, “service call” or “replace IRD, access card, modem, ODU” is also written to the report. The IRD appends the test report to a header message and forwards it to the service provider. The satellite service provider archives the report, modifies the header message to provide customer contact information and the responsible dealer, and forwards the file to the service dealer. To improve service and accountability, the dealer may send an acknowledgement back to the service provider and customer.

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THE DIRECTV GROUP INC2230 E IMPERIAL HIGHWAY P O BOX 956 EL SEGUNDO CA 90245

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Allen, James D Westlake Village, US 111 4786
Kuether, David J Brea, US 17 325
Siegel, Philip I Fountain Valley, US 6 124

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