Method and system for configuring media-playing sets
First Claim
1. A method for helping a plurality of end users configure respective consumer video sets comprising:
- (a) maintaining a support site;
(b) prompting the particular user of each respective set to specify at least one of a plurality of selections available for said respective set in a setup context including eliciting the user-specified at least one of said selections free of any listing of any other mutually exclusive ones of said selections; and
(c) completing setup of each respective set by automatically specifying at said support site additional ones of said selections available for said respective set and remotely configuring from said support site each respective set in accordance with the corresponding automatically-specified additional ones and user-specified at least one of said selections.
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Abstract
A remote support site having a detector internally collecting information on a user-selectable intrinsic broadcast characteristic of a media-playing set or television and a server enabling specification of a preferred setting for such characteristic from this information. A method including maintaining a remote site, therefrom internally collecting information from the set about a user-selectable intrinsic broadcast characteristic, and therefrom specifying a preferred setting for such characteristic. A similar method but information detected upon user request about user-adjustable component for selecting on-screen characteristic and final step is remotely adjusting component. A similar method but information is about broadcast characteristic potentially selectable initially by user instead remotely specified initially. A similar method but information is about plural broadcast characteristics and final step is remotely providing settings for each. Two methods on menu-free TV control via remote and a method listing possible broadcast outcomes so user can readily target outcome to resolve.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for helping a plurality of end users configure respective consumer video sets comprising:
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(a) maintaining a support site;
(b) prompting the particular user of each respective set to specify at least one of a plurality of selections available for said respective set in a setup context including eliciting the user-specified at least one of said selections free of any listing of any other mutually exclusive ones of said selections; and
(c) completing setup of each respective set by automatically specifying at said support site additional ones of said selections available for said respective set and remotely configuring from said support site each respective set in accordance with the corresponding automatically-specified additional ones and user-specified at least one of said selections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for helping a plurality of end users configure respective media-playing sets comprising:
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(a) maintaining a support site;
(b) remotely providing at a respective set from said support site a listing of possible outcomes for a feature category including at least one broadcast characteristic of the respective set, each broadcast characteristic having potential settings selectable by the user of the respective set;
(c) enabling the user of said set to identify a targeted one of said possible outcomes; and
(d) remotely specifying a preferred one of said settings for a broadcast characteristic in said category for resolving said targeted one of said possible outcomes. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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