Portable Client-Side Settings for a Multimedia Content Distribution Network
First Claim
1. A portable settings service for use in conjunction with a multimedia content distribution (MCD) service, comprising:
- enabling a user to define settings for aspects of a multimedia content delivery network (MCDN) client;
responsive to a request, storing the defined settings to a settings file;
enabling the user to designate any of a plurality of MCDN clients; and
responsive to the user designating one of the plurality of MCDN clients, applying settings in the settings file to the designated MCDN client.
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Abstract
A disclosed portable settings service for use in conjunction with a multimedia content distribution service includes enabling a user to define settings for aspects of a multimedia content delivery network (MCDN) client. The service may include storing the defined settings to a settings file. The service may further include enabling the user to designate any of a set of multiple MCDN clients and, in response, applying the settings in the settings file to the designated MCDN client. In some embodiments, the settings application operates in conjunction with a user interface that enables the user to modify the defined settings. The user interface enables the user to modify the defined settings while interacting with a first customer premises equipment (CPE). Enabling the user to designate any of a plurality of MCDN clients may include, in some embodiments, enabling the user to designate a second CPE that is different than the first CPE.
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1. A portable settings service for use in conjunction with a multimedia content distribution (MCD) service, comprising:
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enabling a user to define settings for aspects of a multimedia content delivery network (MCDN) client; responsive to a request, storing the defined settings to a settings file; enabling the user to designate any of a plurality of MCDN clients; and responsive to the user designating one of the plurality of MCDN clients, applying settings in the settings file to the designated MCDN client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Tangible and computer readable storage including computer executable instructions for implementing a portable preferences feature in conjunction with a multimedia content distribution (MCD) service, the storage including instructions for:
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defining settings, based on user input, indicative of user preferences for aspects of the MCD service; storing the defined settings to a settings file; applying settings in the settings file to a designated client. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of implementing a multimedia content delivery (MCD) service, the method comprising:
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enabling a client to receive a user settings module from an application server; enabling the client to invoke the user settings module to define user preferences; storing the user preferences to a settings file; and responding to an import settings request from one of the plurality of client devices, downloading the settings file to a client device issuing the request and applying the settings to a client implementation of the client device.
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17. A customer premises equipment (CPE) in a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), the CPE comprising:
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a network adapter for receiving multimedia content from the MCDN; a multimedia decoder to decode multimedia content received from the MCDN; a processor; and tangible computer readable storage media, accessible to the processor, including processor executable instructions to; display a user settings interface operable to specify user settings associated with an MCDN client; determine the user settings specified for the MCDN client and generate a settings file indicative of the user settings; save the settings file to storage; send the settings file to a designated client; receive a settings file from an originating client; and apply settings indicated in the received settings file to the designated client based on the settings. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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