Gesture-initiated remote control programming
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames Pratt, Marc Sullivan
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Abstract
A method and system for configuring a universal remote control (URC) to control a remote-controlled device includes establishing a communication link between the URC and the remote-controlled device in response to detecting a gesture motion of the URC. Device information may be received from the remote-controlled device and used by the URC to program the URC to control the remote-controlled device. The URC may be configured to control a plurality of remote-controlled devices. The communication link may be a near field wireless communication link.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method for configuring a universal remote control, comprising:
- displaying, on a display device of a universal remote control, a list of available remote controlled devices;
- selecting one of the available remote-controlled devices for programming;
- responsive to detecting a gesture motion of the universal remote control, establishing a wireless communication link with the remote-controlled device selected;
- receiving, via the wireless communication link, device information from the remote-controlled device;
- based on the device information, programming the universal remote control to control the remote-controlled device;
- and
- storing the device information in the universal remote control.
A universal remote control, comprising:
- a processor;
- a motion sensor;
- a near field transceiver;
- and
- memory media, including processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- displaying, on a display device of a universal remote control, a list of available remote-controlled devices;
- selecting one of the available remote-controlled devices for programming;
- receiving device identifying information from the remote-controlled device selected;
- signaling the remote-controlled device to send device programming information to the universal remote control;
- receiving, via the near field transceiver, the device programming information from the remote-controlled device;
- and
- responsive to receiving the device programming information, programming the universal remote control to control the remote-controlled device.
A computer-readable memory device, including processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- displaying, on a display device of a universal remote control, a list of available remote-controlled devices;
- selecting one of the available remote-controlled devices for programming;
- signaling the selected remote-controlled device to initiate programming of the universal remote control and to send programming codes to the universal remote control;
- receiving the programming codes from the remote-controlled device;
- and
- using the programming codes, programming the universal remote control to control the remote-controlled device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.