Patent ID: 11962831
Assignee: DISH NETWORK L.L.C.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method for porting wireless network credentials, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a first television receiver, wireless network credentials;
pairing, by the first television receiver, a remote control;
providing, by the first television receiver, wireless network credentials to the paired remote control;
pairing, by a second television receiver, the remote control;
in response to pairing the remote control with the second television receiver, 1) receiving, by the second television receiver from the remote control, the wireless network credentials; and 2) enabling the remote control to provide channel change commands to the second television receiver; and
connecting, by the second television receiver, with a wireless network using the received wireless network credentials.