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

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a broadband watchdog device, the method comprising:
determining, by the broadband watchdog device, that data out of a peripheral device has been interrupted;
in response to determining that the data out of the peripheral device has been interrupted, transmitting, by the broadband watchdog device, a first control signal, the first control signal causing a process that runs on the peripheral device to restart;
a first predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the first control signal, determining, by the broadband watchdog device, whether the peripheral device is outputting data;
in response to determining that the peripheral device is not outputting data, determining, by the broadband watchdog device, whether data into the peripheral device has been restored;
after determining that the data into the peripheral device has not been restored, transmitting, by the broadband watchdog device, a second control signal, the second control signal causing a process that runs on a router device to restart;
a second predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the second control signal, determining, by the broadband watchdog device, whether the router device is outputting data;
in response to determining that the router device is outputting data, transmitting, by the broadband watchdog device, a third control signal, the third control signal causing a process that runs on a wireless access point device that is coupled to the router device to restart; and
a third predetermined delay period after the transmitting of the third control signal, determining, by the broadband watchdog device, whether the wireless access point device is outputting data.