Patents by Inventor Glen Ort

Glen Ort has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture
    Patent number: 12756624
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media to facilitate updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture are disclosed. A primary media device may be configured to operate as a server in a local network, receive audio/video (A/V) content via an Internet connection and/or a satellite network connection, serve the A/V content to a set of one or more secondary media devices for display with at least one television of a set of one or more televisions, and receive a set of one or more software updates via the Internet connection, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, and/or the satellite network connection. One or more software updates of the set of one or more software updates may be specified for, and may be transferred to, the set of one or more secondary media devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Glen Ort, Alec McDaugale, Geoffrey Kemp
  • UPDATING MEDIA DEVICES IN A LOCAL NETWORK WITH A CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20250300892
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media to facilitate updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture are disclosed. A primary media device may be configured to operate as a server in a local network, receive audio/video (A/V) content via an Internet connection and/or a satellite network connection, serve the A/V content to a set of one or more secondary media devices for display with at least one television of a set of one or more televisions, and receive a set of one or more software updates via the Internet connection, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, and/or the satellite network connection. One or more software updates of the set of one or more software updates may be specified for, and may be transferred to, the set of one or more secondary media devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: Glen Ort, Alec McDaugale, Geoffrey Kemp
  • Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture
    Patent number: 12301925
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media to facilitate updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture are disclosed. A primary media device may be configured to operate as a server in a local network, receive audio/video (A/V) content via an Internet connection and/or a satellite network connection, serve the A/V content to a set of one or more secondary media devices for display with at least one television of a set of one or more televisions, and receive a set of one or more software updates via the Internet connection, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, and/or the satellite network connection. One or more software updates of the set of one or more software updates may be specified for, and may be transferred to, the set of one or more secondary media devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: DISH Network L.L.C.
    Inventors: Glen Ort, Alec McDaugale, Geoffrey Kemp
  • UPDATING MEDIA DEVICES IN A LOCAL NETWORK WITH A CLIENT-SERVER ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20230052217
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory, machine-readable media to facilitate updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture are disclosed. A primary media device may be configured to operate as a server in a local network, receive audio/video (A/V) content via an Internet connection and/or a satellite network connection, serve the A/V content to a set of one or more secondary media devices for display with at least one television of a set of one or more televisions, and receive a set of one or more software updates via the Internet connection, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, and/or the satellite network connection. One or more software updates of the set of one or more software updates may be specified for, and may be transferred to, the set of one or more secondary media devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Glen Ort, Alec McDaugale, Geoffrey Kemp