# US 11,323,771 B2 · Voice operated remote control

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- Number: US 11,323,771 B2
- Document ID: US11323771B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/818,481
- Filed: 2020-03-13
- Published: 2020-07-09
- Granted: 2022-05-03
- Earliest claimed: 2006-09-07
- Assignees: Rateze Remote Mgmt LLC
- Applicants: Rateze Remote Mgmt LLC
- Inventors: Patrick T. Igoe; Leonid Kravets
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11323771B2

## CPC

- H04N 21/4408: involving video stream encryption, e.g. re-encrypting a decrypted video stream for redistribution in a home network
- G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)}
- G08C 19/16: in which transmission is by pulses
- G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
- H04L 12/2809: {indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network (monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51)}
- H04L 12/2814: {Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08)}
- H04N 5/765: Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
- H04N 21/4112: {having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities}
- H04N 21/4122: {additional display device, e.g. video projector (digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423)}
- H04N 21/414: Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
- H04N 21/4147: PVR [Personal Video Recorder] (H04N5/76 takes precedence {; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40})
- H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)}
- H04N 21/42222: {Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device}
- H04N 21/42224: {Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control}
- H04N 21/43076: {of the same content streams on multiple devices, e.g. when family members are watching the same movie on different devices}
- H04N 21/434: Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream {(demultiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00)}
- H04N 21/43615: {Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805)}
- H04N 21/43637: {involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114)}
- H04N 21/44016: {involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip}
- H04N 21/440209: {for formatting on an optical medium, e.g. DVD}
- H04N 21/44029: {for generating different versions}
- H04N 21/44227: {Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network (configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811)}
- H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)}
- H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection
- H04N 21/485: End-user interface for client configuration
- H04N 21/812: {involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02)}
- H04S 7/00: Indicating arrangements; Control arrangements, e.g. balance control
- H04W 8/18: Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
- H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
- H04L 2012/2841: {Wireless}
- H04N 21/4108: {characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address (protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00)}
- H04N 21/41415: {involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk}
- H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
- H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals}
- H04W 8/26: Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
- H04W 48/08: Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00)
- H04W 52/0254: {detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device}
- H04W 52/0267: {by controlling user interface components}
- H04W 60/00: Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
- H04W 84/10: Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
- Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G)
- G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04S: STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

A wireless device may receive from a source device an instruction to present program content. The wireless device may determine device types missing from an entertainment system based on supporting playback of the program content. A device type missing from the entertainment system may be registered. An instruction may be transmitted to an active source device to increment or decrement a counter. The counter may represent a total number of zones that receives data from the active source device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A home wireless hub comprising:
a wireless transceiver; and
a processor; and
the wireless transceiver and the processor are configured to wirelessly register a plurality of wireless devices with the home wireless hub and periodically broadcasts a signal to allow unregistered devices to register, wherein the plurality of wireless devices includes at least one cell phone, wherein the plurality of wireless devices are displayed to a user in a list, wherein a state of each of the wireless devices is tracked and the state indicates whether that wireless device is active and whether that wireless device is connected;
the processor is configured to control access of the plurality of devices, wherein the control of access includes time of day restrictions for at least one of the wireless devices; and
the wireless transceiver and the processor are configured to receive communications from the at least one cell phone, wherein the communications from the cell phone are utilized to establish the time of day restrictions and the communications initiate activation of one of the wireless devices; and
the wireless transceiver and the processor are configured to wirelessly transmit data to one of the plurality of wireless devices and configured to have another wireless device directly wirelessly transmit the data to the one of the plurality of wireless devices and to change a source to directly wirelessly transmit the data, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices is calibrated based on instructions transmitted by the wireless transceiver and the processor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The home wireless hub of claim 1 wherein the control of access further includes restricting access to types of content for at least one of the wireless devices.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The home wireless hub of claim 1 wherein the wireless transceiver uses WiFi.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The home wireless hub of claim 1 wherein rules to control access are differentiated by a user out of a plurality of users.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The home wireless hub of claim 1 comprising an interface for wired connection to a wired device, wherein the processor provides access for data transfer by the wired device.

### Claim 6

A home wireless hub comprising:
means for wirelessly register a plurality of wireless devices with the home wireless hub and periodically broadcasts a signal to allow unregistered devices to register, wherein the plurality of wireless devices includes at least one cell phone, wherein the plurality of wireless devices are displayed to a user in a list, wherein a state of each of the wireless devices is tracked and the state indicates whether that wireless device is active and whether that wireless device is connected;
means for controlling access of the plurality of devices to the home wireless hub, wherein the control of access includes time of day restrictions for at least one of the wireless devices; and
means for receiving communications from the at least one cell phone, wherein the communications from the cell phone are utilized to establish the time of day restrictions and the communications initiate activation of one of the wireless devices; and
means for wirelessly transmit data to one of the plurality of wireless devices and configured to have another wireless device directly wirelessly transmit the data to the one of the plurality of wireless devices and to change a source to directly wirelessly transmit the data, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices is calibrated based on instructions transmitted by the home wireless hub.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The home wireless hub of claim 6 wherein the control of access further includes restricting access to types of content for at least one of the wireless devices.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The home wireless hub of claim 6 wherein the means for wirelessly registering uses WiFi.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The home wireless hub of claim 6 wherein rules to control access are differentiated by a user out of a plurality of users.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The home wireless hub of claim 6 comprising means for interfacing with a wired connection to a wired device, wherein the means for controlling access controls access for data transfer by the wired device.

### Claim 11

A method performed by a home wireless hub comprising:
wirelessly registering a plurality of wireless devices with the home wireless hub and periodically broadcasts a signal to allow unregistered devices to register, wherein the plurality of wireless devices includes at least one cell phone,_wherein the plurality of wireless devices are displayed to a user in a list, wherein a state of each of the wireless devices is tracked and the state indicates whether that wireless device is active and whether that wireless device is connected;
controlling access of the plurality of devices, wherein the control of access includes time of day restrictions for at least one of the wireless devices; and
receiving communications from the at least one cell phone, wherein the communications from the cell phone are utilized to establish the time of day restrictions and the communications initiate activation of one of the wireless devices; and
wirelessly transmit data to one of the plurality of wireless devices and configured to have another wireless device directly wirelessly transmit the data to the one of the plurality of wireless devices and to change a source to directly wirelessly transmit the data, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices is calibrated based on instructions transmitted by the home wireless hub.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11 wherein the control of access further includes restricting access to types of content for at least one of the wireless devices.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11 wherein the wirelessly registering uses WiFi.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11 wherein rules to control access are differentiated by a user out of a plurality of users.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11 further comprising providing, by the home wireless hub, access for data transfer by the wired device.

### Claim 16

At least one non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a home wireless hub to perform the method of:
wirelessly registering a plurality of wireless devices with a home wireless hub and periodically broadcasts a signal to allow unregistered devices to register, wherein the plurality of wireless devices includes at least one cell phone, wherein the plurality of wireless devices are displayed to a user in a list, wherein a state of each of the wireless devices is tracked and the state indicates whether that wireless device is active and whether that wireless device is connected;
controlling access of the plurality of devices, wherein the control of access includes time of day restrictions for at least one of the wireless devices; and
receiving communications from the at least one cell phone, wherein the communications from the cell phone are utilized to establish the time of day restrictions and the communications initiate activation of one of the wireless devices; and
wirelessly transmit data to one of the plurality of wireless devices and configured to have another wireless device directly wirelessly transmit the data to the one of the plurality of wireless devices and to change a source to directly wirelessly transmit the data, wherein at least one of the plurality of devices is calibrated based on instructions transmitted by the home wireless hub.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The at least one non-transient computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein the control of access further includes restricting access to types of content for at least one of the wireless devices.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The at least one non-transient computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein the wirelessly registering uses WiFi.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The at least one non-transient computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein rules to control access are differentiated by a user out of a plurality of users.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The at least one non-transient computer readable medium of claim 16 further comprising providing, by the home wireless hub, access for data transfer by the wired device.