Automatic device detection by remote control
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsDavid Innes, Nathan Hale
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Abstract
A system includes a remote control and a processing device. The processing device includes an RFID tag. An identification code is stored in the RFID tag. The remote control includes an RFID reader and a transmitter. The RFID reader transmits an interrogation signal. The RFID tag receives the interrogation signal and transmits the identification code in response to the interrogation signal. The RFID reader receives the identification code and the transmitter transmits control signals to control the processing device including a control code associated with the identification code.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- transmitting an interrogation signal from an RFID reader in a remote control;
- receiving in the RFID reader a first identification code from a first RFID tag coupled to a first media entertainment system;
- storing the identification code in a memory in the remote control;
- transmitting first control signals from the remote control to the first media entertainment system to control the first media entertainment system, the first control signals including a first control code associated with the first identification code to enable the control signals to control the first media entertainment system;
- receiving, in the RFID reader, a second identification code from a second RFID tag coupled to a second media entertainment system in response to the interrogation signal;
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- transmitting second control signals from the remote control to the second media entertainment system to control the second media entertainment system, the second control signals including a second control code associated with the second identification code to enable the second control signals to control the second media entertainment system.
A device, comprising:
- an RFID reader configured to transmit an RFID interrogation signal and to receive a first identification code from a first processing device in response to the interrogation signal;
- a memory coupled to the RFID reader and configured to store the first identification code;
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- a transmitter coupled to the memory and configured to transmit first control signals to control the first processing device, the first control signals including a first control code associated with the first identification code.
A device, comprising:
- a microcontroller;
- a receiver coupled to the microcontroller, the receiver configured to receive control signals including a control code, the microcontroller configured to execute the control signals upon receiving the control code;
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- an RFID tag including a memory, the control code being stored in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.