System and method for entertainment system reconfiguration
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsWilliam Reams, Benjamin Mauser
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Abstract
A method for reconfiguring an entertainment system to restore audio/video content to a user is presented. In the method, a request to reconfigure the entertainment system is received at a first component of the entertainment system. In response to the request, an indication of a configuration command for a second component of the entertainment system is transmitted from the first component to a remote control device. In response to receiving the indication of the configuration command at the remote control device, the configuration command is transmitted from the remote control device to the second component.
Claims23
A method for reconfiguring an entertainment system to restore audio/video content to a user, the method comprising:
- at a first component of the entertainment system, receiving a request to reconfigure the entertainment system;
- in response to the request, transmitting an indication of a configuration command for a second component of the entertainment system from the first component to a remote control device;
- and
- in response to receiving the indication of the configuration command at the remote control device, transmitting the configuration command from the remote control device to the second component.
A component of an entertainment system, the component comprising:
- a remote control interface configured to communicate with a remote control device;
- data storage configured to store configuration command information for a second component of the entertainment system;
- and
- control logic configured to:
- receive a request to reconfigure the entertainment system;
- and
- in response to the request, transmit an indication of a configuration command for the second component to the remote control device by way of the remote control interface, wherein the indication of the configuration command is based on the configuration command information in the data storage.
A remote control device, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive wireless communications from a first component of an entertainment system;
- a transmitter configured to transmit wireless communications to the first component and a second component of the entertainment system;
- control logic configured to:
- receive an indication of a configuration command for the second component from the first component by way of the receiver;
- and
- transfer the configuration command to the second component by way of the transmitter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.