Universal remote control programming

An apparatus comprising:

• a signal interpreter, for interpreting a command signal of unknown modulation technique from a native remote control to provide a command code expressed in parameters of a pre-determined modulation technique.

A microprocessor readable medium encoding instructions to cause a microprocessor associated with a universal remote control to interpret a command signal of unknown modulation technique from a native remote control to provide a command code expressed in parameters of a pre-determined modulation technique.

A method comprising:

• interpreting a command signal of unknown modulation technique from a native remote control to provide a first command code expressed in parameters of a pre-determined modulation technique;
• and
• determining, based on correspondence between the first indicator and the first command code, if a command set of the native remote control can be uniquely identified.

A microprocessor readable medium encoding instructions causing a microprocessor to:

• interpret a command signal of unknown modulation technique from a native remote control to provide a command code expressed in parameters of a pre-determined modulation technique;
• and
• determine, based on correspondence between the first indicator and the first command code, if a command set of the native remote control can be uniquely identified.

An apparatus comprising:

• a signal interpreter for interpreting a command signal of unknown modulation technique received from a native remote control to provide a command code expressed in parameters of a pre-determined modulation technique
• an analyzer for determining, based on correspondence between the first indicator and the first command code, if the command set of the native remote control can be uniquely identified.