Set-top Box with Technical Configuration and System and Method for Use of Same

摘要

A set-top box with a technical configuration and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box executes an technical protocol to make the set-top box and an associated television ready for use. During the installation, maintenance, or repair, a human-readable visual label and a machine-readable optical label are generated that contain information about the status of the technical protocol. The labels are forwarded, via the television output, to the television. The set-top box dynamically updates the human-readable visual label and the machine-readable optical label as the status of the technical protocol changes.

主权项

1. A set-top box with technical configuration comprising:
a housing securing a television input, a television output, a processor, memory, storage, a first tuner, and a second tuner therein; a busing architecture communicatively interconnecting the television input, the television output, the processor, the memory, the storage, the first tuner, and the second tuner therebetween; the television input configured to receive a source signal from an external source; the television output configured to forward an output signal to a television; and the memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
execute a technical protocol to make the set-top box and television ready for use;generate a human-readable visual label that contains information about the status of the technical protocol;generate a machine-readable optical label that contains information about the status of the technical protocol;forward, via the television output, the output signal including the human-readable visual label and the machine-readable optical label; anddynamically update the human-readable visual label and the machine-readable optical label as the status of the technical protocol changes.