Patent ID: 8804050

Claim:
A method for enabling peak time power savings, the method comprising: processing, by a television receiver, an indication of a peak usage period, the indication received by the television receiver from a service provider via a network, wherein the peak usage period corresponds to television receiver usage of a plurality of television receivers in a media content distribution system; selecting, by the television receiver, a power savings mode from a plurality of operating modes based at least in part on the indication received by the television receiver from the service provider; processing, by the television receiver, configuration information related to the power savings mode; configuring, by the television receiver, the television receiver according to the configuration information related to the power savings mode at a first time corresponding to the peak usage period, wherein the television receiver operates in conformity with the power savings mode after the first time corresponding to the peak usage period; and configuring, by the television receiver, the television receiver according to a second operating mode of the plurality of operating modes at a second time corresponding to the peak usage period after the first time corresponding to the peak usage period, wherein the television receiver operates in conformity with the second operating mode after the second time corresponding to the peak usage period.