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US 11,687,993 B2Granted
System and method for recommending home appliances to a consumer
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsPaul Ogaz, Arsham Hatambeiki, Patrick H. Hayes
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Abstract
A system functions to recommend equipment expansions, additions and/or substitutions; interconnections; supplemental capabilities; features; etc. based upon a knowledge of a consumer's existing audio and/or visual system configuration.
Claims6
A non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by a smart device, cause the smart device to perform steps comprising:
- providing to a server device for use in a capability determination a first information wherein the first information functions to identify a first appliance being considered for integration into a system which includes a second appliance that is currently controllable via use of a universal remote control application;
- receiving from the universal remote control application a data used by the universal remote control application to configure the universal remote control application to control the second appliance;
- providing to the server device for use in the capability determination the data received from the universal remote control application;
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- receiving from the server device a result of the compatibility determination for presentation to a user via use of the smart device.
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