Patent ID: 8078685

Claim:
A method for remotely providing operational settings from a host device to a client media device, the host device having a display, the method comprising: determining, at the host device, operational settings supported by the client media device; enabling, at the host device, display screens that correspond only to operational settings supported by the client media device, wherein the display screens present user interfaces presenting a list of selectable operational settings for the client media device, wherein the client media device lacks an interface for altering the operational settings; receiving a user selection of at least one operational setting for the client media device; causing the client media device to persistently run using the user-selected operational setting, until the host device is utilized to alter the user-selected operational setting; and terminating a communication link between the host device and the client media device once the client media device is caused to persistently run using the user-selected operational setting, wherein when the client electronic device and the host device are physically separated from one another, the client media device operates independent of the host device in accordance with the user-selected operational setting.