Patent ID: 9600390
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of customizing menus for a consumer electronics device, the method comprising: preparing menu definitions for the menus to be customized on the consumer electronics device including specifying hierarchical arrangement of menu items in the menus; generating menu configuration information using the prepared menu definitions, wherein the generated menu configuration information is used by the consumer electronics device to rearrange an ordering of menu items on the menus of the consumer electronics device; transmitting the generated menu configuration information to the consumer electronics device; monitoring and tracking menu usage data of the consumer electronics device by a user; receiving a request to share the menu configuration information with other consumer electronic devices owned by the user to share customization of the menus; and generating the menu configuration information for the other consumer electronics devices by specifying the customization of the menus on other consumer electronic devices owned by the user in terms of changes to base configurations of the other consumer electronics devices; and applying the customization of the menus to the other consumer electronics devices that do not have the same base menu items.