User interface for a remote control application
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsSteve LanPing Huang, Cheryl Scott, Wayne Scott
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Abstract
A hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to displays operational mode information to a user. The graphical user interface may be used, for example, to setup the remote control application to control appliances for one or more users in one or more rooms, to perform activities, and to access favorites. The remote control application is also adapted to be upgradeable. Furthermore, the remote control application provides for the sharing of operational mode information.
Claims9
A method for configuring a controlling device to command functional operations of a target appliance, the method comprising:
- receiving at a controlling device a voice data indicative of at least a type for and a brand of the target appliance whereupon the controlling device uses the voice data indicative of at least the type for and the brand of the target appliance to identify within a library of codesets at least one codeset that is cross-referenced to the brand of the target appliance;
- uses the voice data indicative of the type for the target appliance to select a one of a plurality of actions maps stored in a memory of the controlling device;
- and causes the at least one codeset to be provisioned to the controlling device for use in commanding functional operations of the target appliance in accordance with the selected one of the plurality of action maps.
A system for configuring a controlling device to command functional operations of a target appliance, the system comprising:
- a processing device having associated instructions stored on a non-transient readable media which instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the controlling device to use a received voice data indicative of at least a type for and a brand of the target appliance to identify within a library of codesets at least one codeset that is cross-referenced to the type for and the brand of the target appliance, to use the voice data indicative of the type for the target appliance to select a one of a plurality of actions maps stored in the memory of the controlling device, and to cause the at least one codeset to be provisioned to the controlling device for use in commanding functional operations of the target appliance in accordance with the selected one of the plurality of action maps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.