ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,624, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to DISH Network LLC (Englewood, Colo.).

"Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture" was invented by Glen Ort (Lone Tree, Colo.), Alec McDaugale (Parker, Colo.) and Geoffrey Kemp (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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...