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Set top box health and configuration

  • US 10,015,483 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2017
  • Issued: 07/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing a television receiver, comprising:

  • sensing a condition of a television receiver;

    in response to sensing the condition of the television receiver, creating a two-dimensional barcode with information corresponding to configuration settings of the television receiver, the information comprising settings information corresponding to user-adjustable settings;

    outputting the two-dimensional barcode from the television receiver for display on a display device;

    wherein, when the two-dimensional barcode is scanned from the display device into a mobile device, the two-dimensional barcode conveys the information corresponding to the configuration settings to the mobile device, so that the mobile device obtains the information for later use by the television receiver;

    subsequently communicating, by the television receiver with the mobile device, to transfer the information corresponding to the configuration settings from the mobile device to the television receiver; and

    self-configuring, by the television receiver, based at least in part on the information corresponding to the configuration settings transferred from the mobile device to the television receiver, including the settings information corresponding to the user-adjustable settings.

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