Method and apparatus for identifying codes for remotely controlling electronic devices via a wireless communication medium
OwnerChristopher D. Williams, Michael L. Harvey +1inventors
InventorsCHRISTOPHER D. WILLIAMS, MICHAEL L. HARVEY, GREGORY D. BUSCHECK
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying codes for remotely controlling electronic devices via a wireless communication medium automatically selects a code which may control a first function of an electronic device. The code is transmitted to the electronic device via a wireless medium and then a check is made as to whether the first function occurred. If the first function occurred, then the code is identified as controlling the first function of the electronic device. If the first function did not occur, then the process is repeated with a different code.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- selection logic operative to automatically select one of a plurality of codes which may control a first function of an electronic device;
- transmission logic, coupled to the selection logic, operative to transmit the selected one of the plurality of codes to the electronic device via a wireless medium;
- feedback analysis logic, coupled to the selection logic, operative to check whether a first function occurred;
- code identification logic, coupled to the feedback analysis logic, to identify the selected one of the plurality of codes that controls the first function of the electronic device in response to the first function occurring;
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- wherein the selection logic is further operative to automatically select a preferred second code, based on the selected one of the plurality of first codes, in response to both the first function occurring and multiple electronic devices using the selected one of the plurality of codes for the first function.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, designed to be executed by a processor, for implementing a function to automatically select one of a plurality of first codes which may control a first function of the electronic device, a function to transmit the selected one of the first codes to the electronic device via a wireless medium, a function to check whether the first function occurred, a function to identify the selected one of the first codes that controls the first function of the electronic device in response to the first function occurring, and a function to automatically select a preferred second code, based on the selected one of the first codes, in response to both the first function occurring and multiple electronic devices using the selected one of the first codes for the first function.
A method for identifying codes to control one or more functions of an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) automatically and randomly selecting one of a plurality of first codes which may control a first function of the electronic device;
- (b) transmitting the selected one of the first codes to the electronic device via a wireless medium;
- (c) checking whether the first function occurred;
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- (d) identifying the selected one of the first codes that controls the first function of the electronic device in response to the first function occurring, otherwise automatically repeating steps (a) through (d).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.