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US 2006/0235701 A1Published application
Activity-based control of a set of electronic devices
OwnerDavid Cane, Jonathan Freidininventors
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A “reduced button count” remote control device controls a set of external electronic devices that, collectively, comprise an entertainment system such as a home theater. The remote control device is operable in conjunction with a processor-based subsystem that is programmable to respond to a spoken command phrase for selectively altering an operational state of one or more of the external electronic devices to cause the entertainment system to enter a given activity. The remote control device includes a set of buttons supported within a housing, the set of buttons consisting essentially of a push-to-talk button, a first subset of buttons dedicated to providing up and down volume and channel control, a second subset of buttons dedicated to providing motion control, and a third subset buttons dedicated to providing menu selection control. Preferably, each of the buttons has a fixed, given function irrespective of the particular command phrases or the given system activities. After the push-to-talk button is selected to engage the processor-based subsystem to recognize a spoken command phrase to cause the entertainment system to enter the activity, the first subset of buttons is used to provide any required up and down volume and channel control, the second subset of buttons is used to provide any required motion control, and the third subset of buttons is used to provide any required menu selection control. In an alternative embodiment, a control algorithm is used to place given electronic devices in required operational states without having to track the device state.
A control system for controlling a set of electronic devices, the control system having a processor-based subsystem that is programmable to respond to a command for selectively altering respective operational states of the electronic devices, wherein a given electronic device has associated therewith an activity code sequence that defines how to transition its state from a value associated with a given activity to a value associated with a different activity and vice versa, the control system comprising:
A system for controlling a set of electronic devices, wherein a given electronic device has associated therewith an activity code sequence that defines how to transition its state from a value associated with a given activity to a value associated with a different activity, the system comprising:
In a system for controlling a set of electronic devices, the system comprising a processor-based subsystem, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.