Patent ID: 8676034
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computing server method to perform actions on receiving devices, comprising: accepting, via a user portal, information corresponding to a user account; identifying a receiving device based on the user account information; accepting an input request via the user portal to perform a function on the receiving device; correlating the input request with the user account; executing a management process and a plurality of worker threads on a delayed-job server; storing a job entry in a first repository, the storing performed by the management process, the job entry corresponding to the input request; retrieving the job entry with one of the plurality of worker threads; generating a function request corresponding to the job entry; initiating communications to the receiving device; retrieving from the receiving device time-related functions stored in a memory associated with the receiving device; communicating the function request to logic associated with the receiving device; receiving a response to the function request from the logic; time-stamping a record associated with the response from the logic; storing the time-stamped record associated with the response in a second repository; and communicating the time-stamped record via the user portal.