SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A CONFIGURATION OF A MEDIA CONTENT PROCESSOR
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A computer-readable storage medium operating in a web server, comprising computer instructions for:
- establishing communications with a Set-Top Box (STB) receiver over an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network;
retrieving one or more configurations of the STB receiver;
recording the one or more configurations;
receiving from a requesting STB receiver over the ISP network a request for the one or more configurations; and
transmitting to the requesting STB receiver over the ISP network the one or more configurations to provision operations of said requesting STB receiver.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media content processor having a controller adapted to transmit to a web server one or more configurations of said media content processor. The web server can record said one or more configurations to perform one among re-provisioning of the media content processor after it experiences a loss of configuration information and provisioning of another media content processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
29 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A computer-readable storage medium operating in a web server, comprising computer instructions for:
-
establishing communications with a Set-Top Box (STB) receiver over an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network; retrieving one or more configurations of the STB receiver; recording the one or more configurations; receiving from a requesting STB receiver over the ISP network a request for the one or more configurations; and transmitting to the requesting STB receiver over the ISP network the one or more configurations to provision operations of said requesting STB receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
- 10. A media content processor, comprising a controller adapted to transmit to a web server one or more configurations of said media content processor, wherein the web server records said one or more configurations to perform one among re-provisioning of the media content processor after it experiences a loss of configuration information and provisioning of another media content processor.
-
17. A Digital Video Recorder (DVR), comprising a controller adapted to:
-
record media content supplied by a media communication system; and transmit to a web server one or more configurations of said DVR, wherein the web server records said one or more configurations to perform one among re-provisioning of the DVR after it experiences a loss of configuration information and provisioning of another DVR. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
-
Specification