Patent ID: 8397981
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G07C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of managing device-specific information, the method comprising: a step of saving device-specific information to a memory of a television receiver; a step of creating a database related to a plurality of television receivers by use of the device-specific information; a step of reading the device-specific information from the memory and displaying the device-specific information on a display portion of the television receiver in a form automatically readable by an external reading device; a step of reading the device-specific information by the external reading device; and a step of checking the device-specific information read by the external reading device against the database, wherein the display portion has a display screen provided on a front surface of the television receiver to display an image of a television program, wherein the television receiver includes a speaker that outputs television program sounds, and wherein the television receiver includes a tuner that receives a television program signal and tunes said television program signal.