Patent ID: 9420325
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a television receiver from an outdoor satellite unit, a first television channel within a particular bandwidth that is addressable by a particular tuner of the television receiver; receiving, by the television receiver, a request from a user to tune to a second television channel, the second television channel broadcast on a satellite transponder different than the first television channel; sending, by the television receiver to the outdoor satellite unit, a request to receive the first television channel and the second television channel within the particular bandwidth that is addressable by the particular tuner; and receiving, at the television receiver, the first television channel and the second television channel within the particular bandwidth that is addressable by the particular tuner, and at least one other television channel within the particular bandwidth that is broadcast on a satellite transponder different than the first television channel and the second television channel.