PROGRAMMING DISRUPTION DIAGNOSTICS

摘要

Various arrangements for monitoring the signal strength of a programming stream are presented. A tuner in a receiver may be allocated to monitor disruptions and changes to the signal strength of programming streams. Based on the characteristics of the signal strength and changes to additional data such as weather information, a cause of the disruption may be determined. The cause of the disruption may be communicated to a user. Characteristics of the disruption may be unique or localized to specific geographic locations. Based at least in part on the geographic location of a receiver characteristics of disruptions may be used to identify television receivers associated with account packing.

主权项

1. A television receiver comprising:
one or more tuners; one or more processors; a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
via a tuner of the one or more tuners, measure and store a solar conjunction signature indicative of a solar conjunction event caused by the sun being substantially aligned with a satellite dish antenna through which the television receiver receives a signal and a satellite from which the satellite dish antenna receives the signal;receive a solar conjunction profile from a television service provider;compare the solar conjunction profile with the stored measured solar conjunction signature to determine a match within a threshold range is not present; anddisable one or more features of the television receiver in response to determining that the solar conjunction profile and the recorded solar conjunction signature do not match within the threshold range.