US 12,739,646 B2Granted

Systems and methods for managing remote control units and paired devices

AssigneeDISH Network Technologies India Private Limited

InventorsVikram Balarajashetty, Laxminarayana Dalimba, Arun Pulasseri Kalam

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Abstract

A unique code per pairing of each remote control to each controlled device (such as a TV or other media device) is used in infrared (IR) commands sent by the remote control for the device to detect if the remote control has been moved to a different room. The remote control supports both IR and short range wireless radio (e.g., Bluetooth®) commands. Both IR and Bluetooth® commands are sent on every key press of the remote control unit. When the IR command is received by the device, the device will check if the unique code is from a remote control unit currently paired to the device. If the unique code is not from a remote control unit currently paired to the device, the device will initiate pairing with the remote control unit and execute the command.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A method performed by a remote control unit, the method comprising:

for each command sent from a remote control unit via a communications module, sending a code unique to and associated with a pairing of the remote control unit to a first device controlled by the remote control unit;
pairing with a second device in response to the second device receiving the code unique to and associated with a pairing of the remote control unit to the first device, wherein the pairing includes:
receiving a request from the second device to pair with the second device based on the code unique to and associated with the pairing of the remote control unit to a first device not matching a code previously stored by the second device;
generating a code unique to and associated with the pairing of the remote control unit to the second device;
sending to the second device, the code unique to and associated with the pairing of the remote control unit to the second device;
and
completing pairing to the second device based on the request;
and
for each command sent from the remote control unit via the communications module, sending the code unique to and associated with the pairing of the remote control unit to the second device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/980,306Filed 13 Dec 2024 · continuation
Priority: IN 2020410096626 Mar 2020
Published: US 2025/0113197 A13 Apr 2025
Granted: 15 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04W 12/50
Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity: secure pairing of devices
G08C 17/02
Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link: using a radio link
G08C 23/04
Non-electrical signal transmission systems, e.g. optical systems: using light waves, e.g. infrared
G08C 2201/20
Transmission systems of control signals via wireless link: binding and programming of remote control devices

Family

Application17/188,666Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Mar 2021
Application18/443,132Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Feb 2024
US 11,943,622 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Mar 2024
US 2025/0113197 A1Pre-grant publication · published 3 Apr 2025
US 12,207,096 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2021/0282017 A1Published application
US 2024/0244438 A1Published application
US 12,739,646 B2This patent

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