FACILITATING SHARING OF SETTING DATA IN BINARY FORMAT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE

An electronic device has setting data in binary format formulated according to a specific format suitable to realize a function in the device. In order to share the setting data in binary format with another device, the electronic device converts the setting data in binary format to setting data in text format and transmits (uploads) a set of text data containing the converted setting data in text format to a network communication service provided on a server through a communication network. The network communication service may be a conventional communication service of a web site capable of handling text data. Another electronic device can access the network communication service through communication network, receive (download) the set of text data, and then reversely convert the setting data in text format contained the received set of text data to the original setting data in binary format.