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

Claim 7:
8. One or more non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to cause a target media device having a visual user interface to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving a copy of media device settings stored in a source media device distinct from the target 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 target media device via a route other than its visual user interface;
causing the received copy of media device settings to be transformed into a second form in which they can be used in the target media device, wherein the received copy of media device settings are 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 target media device; and
storing the media receiver settings in the second form in the target media device for use by the target media device.