Patent ID: 11876667
Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:
in response to determining that the peripheral device is outputting data, determining, by the broadband watchdog device, whether there is another peripheral device;
in response to determining that there is another peripheral device, determining, by the broadband watchdog device, that data out of the other peripheral device has been interrupted;
in response to determining that the data out of the other peripheral device has been interrupted, transmitting, by the broadband watchdog device, a fifth control signal, the fifth control signal causing a process that runs on the other peripheral device to restart; and
a fifth predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the fifth control signal, determining, by the broadband watchdog device, whether the other peripheral device is outputting data.