Patent ID: 11956494
Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A smart television system comprising:
a primary television receiver, wherein the primary television receiver is configured to:
receive voice command data;
transmit the voice command data to a voice processing server over a wide area network connection; and
receive a command input from the voice processing server, wherein the command input is generated based on the voice command data; and

a secondary television receiver comprising a voice command module, wherein the secondary television receiver is configured to:
receive audio data;
convert the audio data into the voice command data using the voice command module;
transmit the voice command data to the primary television receiver over a local area network connection separate from the wide area network connection;
receive the command input from the primary television receiver; and
control, by the voice command module, an operation of the secondary television receiver based on the command input.