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

Claim 10:
11. A broadband watchdog device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the device to:
determine 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, transmit 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 first control signal is transmitted, determine whether the peripheral device is outputting data;
in response to determining that the peripheral device is not outputting data, determine whether data into the peripheral device has been restored;
after determining that the data into the peripheral device has not been restored, transmit a second control signal, the second control signal causing a process that runs on a router to restart;
a second predetermined delay period after the second control signal is transmitted, determine whether a router device is outputting data;
in response to determining that the router device is outputting data, transmit 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 third control signal is transmitted, determine whether the wireless access point device is outputting data.