System and method for simplified setup of a universal remote control
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsJoseph Lee Haughawout, Patrick H. Hayes
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling set up of a controlling device capable of controlling a plurality of appliances, via an interactive instruction set and associated programming. The programming is accessible by a STB or other controllable appliance and is configured to appropriately display interactive instructions and prompts to a user during a user initiated set up procedure for configuration of another controllable device (e.g., DVD, VCR, DVR, etc) available to the user.
Claims10
A non-transitory, computer-readable media having stored thereon a set of instructions wherein the set of instructions, when executed by a first device, cause the first device to:
- (a) display in a display coupled to the first device a one of a plurality of interactive prompts wherein each of the plurality of interactive prompts is associated with a one of a plurality of command code sets selected for a controllable appliance of at least a prior identified brand;
- (b) receive a communication responsive to each of the plurality of interactive prompts transmitted from a second device to the first device using a communications format that is recognizable by the first device;
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- automatically repeat steps (a) and (b) until no further ones of the plurality of interactive prompts remain to be displayed or a communication responsive to a last displayed one of the plurality of interactive prompts indicates to the first device that the one of the plurality of command code sets associated with the last displayed one of the plurality of interactive prompts is to be provisioned to the second device for use by the second device to control functional operations of the controllable appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.