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Patent No.:

US 9351040 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2014

Method and system for transferring user settings to another user receiving device

Applicant:

The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kuriacose Joseph, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Scott D. Casavant, Germantown, MD (US);

Sean S. Lee, Potomac, MD (US);

Phillip T. Wang, Rockville, MD (US);

Matthew J. Thompson, Torrance, CA (US);

Brady C. Tsurutani, Los Angeles, CA (US);

David N. Schlacht, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Johnny Shum, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Hoang-Vu A Nguyen-Ba

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/274 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/437 (2011.01); H04N 21/441 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/6547 (2011.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04L 41/0886 (2013.01); H04L 61/1547 (2013.01); H04L 65/1059 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/274 (2013.01); H04N 21/437 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/441 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/4852 (2013.01); H04N 21/4854 (2013.01); H04N 21/4856 (2013.01); H04N 21/4858 (2013.01); H04N 21/6156 (2013.01); H04N 21/6193 (2013.01); H04N 21/6547 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 8/205 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for operating a user receiving device includes a head end associating a first user device with a user account having first user settings. A first user device communicates a device identifier associated with the user receiving device to the head end. The head end communicates the first user settings associated with the user account to the user receiving device. The user receiving device operates with the first user settings.

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