Patent ID: 11924498
Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A media device having a visual user interface, the media device comprising:
a data interface configured to receive a copy of media device settings stored in a source media device, the copy of media device settings being received in a first form in which they are used in the source media device, the copy of media device settings being received by the media device via a route other than its visual user interface;
a settings transformation subsystem configured to cause the received copy of media device settings to be transformed into a second form in which they can be used by the media device, wherein the settings transformation subsystem transforms the received copy of media device settings to be transformed from a programmatic data structure in which they are used on the source media device to one or more database tables in which they can be used by the media device; and
a storage device configured to store the media device settings in the second form for use by the distinguished media device.