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AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsJesus Perez, Joven Jubilo, Rex Xu, Jeffrey Kohanek, Brandt Thompson
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A bridge device, in communication with a smart device, functions to command one or more controllable appliances in response to communications received from the smart device. The bridge device also includes input elements by which the bridge device can be used to directly command common functional operations of the one or more controllable appliances. In this manner, common functional operations, such as volume control, playback pause/resume control, etc., may be made readily available without necessitating the use of the smart device, whilst the more sophisticated GUI provided by the smart device remote control app may be advantageously utilized when more complex or less frequently used command functions are to be performed.
A non-transitory, memory device having stored thereon instructions which instructions, when executed by a controlling device, cause the controlling device to respond to a communication received from a first controllable device by automatically transitioning the controlling device from a default command transmitting operational mode to a navigational command transmitting operational mode and to respond to a subsequently sensed event by transmitting to a second controllable device via use of a transmitting device of the controlling device a navigational select command to cause a media access device to commence a rendering on the first controllable device a media selected by use of the transmitted navigational select command and by automatically transitioning the controlling device from the navigational command transmitting operational mode back to the default command transmitting operational mode.
A method performed by a controlling device, comprising:
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