US 12,262,085 B2
Media device software installation
Alan Terry Pattison, Castle Rock, CO (US); Geoffrey Kemp, Aurora, CO (US); and Ashok Soni, Aurora, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Network L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/742,714.
Prior Publication US 2021/0219017 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/41 (2011.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04N 21/418 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4516 (2013.01) [G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in a computing system for updating software installed on a satellite television receiver in connection with installation of the satellite television receiver in customer premises, the method comprising:
outside the customer premises, transferring a later-issued version of the software installed on the satellite television receiver from a server to a portable storage device without going through another satellite television receiver; and
within the customer premises, transferring the later-issued version of the software installed on the satellite television receiver from the portable storage device to the satellite television receiver for installation on the satellite television receiver.