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US 12,456,365 B2Granted
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.
Claims28
A controlled device, comprising:
- a receiver for receiving communications from a remotely located controlling device;
- a processing device coupled to the receiver;
- and
- a memory storing executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the controlled device to:
- automatically progress through a setup procedure comprising a first plurality of setup procedure steps, each one of the first plurality of setup procedure steps being associated with a different one of a plurality of command code sets, in response to the controlled device being repeatedly commanded, via respective, plural communications received via use of the receiver from the controlling device, to perform a first operation until the controlled device is commanded, via a subsequent communication received from the controlling device via use of the receiver, to perform a second operation, different than the first operation;
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- in response to the controlled device being commanded to perform the second operation, identify a one of the plurality of command codes set as a command code set to be provisioned to the controlling device for use by a separately operable remote control application resident on the controlling device to transmit commands to a target device to control operational functions of a the target device.
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A system, comprising:
- a controlling device;
- and
- a controlled device;
- wherein the controlled device comprises:
- a receiver for receiving communications from the controlling device;
- a processing device coupled to the receiver and the transmitter;
- and
- a memory storing executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the controlled device to:
- automatically progress through a setup procedure comprising a first plurality of setup procedure steps, each one of the first plurality of setup procedure steps being associated with a different one of a plurality of command code sets, in response to the controlled device being repeatedly commanded, via respective, plural communications received via use of the receiver from the controlling device, to perform a first operation until the controlled device is commanded, via a subsequent communication received via use of the receiver from the controlling device, to perform a second operation, different than the first operation;
- and
- in response to the controlled device being commanded to perform the second operation, identify a one of the plurality of command codes set as a command code set to be provisioned to the controlling device for use by a separately operable remote control application resident on the controlling device to transmit commands to a target device to control operational functions of a the target device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.