# US 2019/0174196 A1 · System and method for saving and recalling state data for media and home appliances > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174196 A1 - Document ID: US20190174196A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/273,377 - Filed: 2019-02-12 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2003-11-04 - Assignees: Universal Electronics Inc. - Applicants: Universal Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Paul D. Arling; Christopher Chambers; Wayne Scott; Mark Momot - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174196A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/47202: {for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand} - H04L 12/2805: {Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks} - H04L 12/282: {based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204)} - H04N 21/25858: {involving client software characteristics, e.g. OS identifier} - H04N 21/25866: {Management of end-user data (customer care in data networks H04L41/5077)} - H04N 21/41265: {having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device (unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204)} - H04N 21/4131: {home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices (home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807)} - H04N 21/42225: {characterized by types of remote control, e.g. universal remote control} - H04N 21/436: Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB {or one or more peripheral devices} inside the home - H04N 21/43615: {Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805)} - H04N 21/4405: involving video stream decryption - H04N 21/4432: {Powering on the client, e.g. bootstrap loading using setup parameters being stored locally or received from the server (resetting in general G06F1/14; program loading or initiating in general G06F9/445; bootstrapping in general G06F9/4401; secure boots of computer platforms G06F21/57)} - H04N 21/6125: {involving transmission via Internet (transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82)} - H04N 21/6332: directed to client - H04N 21/647: Control signaling between network components and server or clients; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients, e.g. controlling the quality of the video stream, by dropping packets, protecting content from unauthorised alteration within the network, monitoring of network load, bridging between two different networks, e.g. between IP and wireless {(real-time session protocols H04L65/1101)} - H04N 21/6543: for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording {(remote booting in general G06F9/4416)} - H04N 21/818: {OS software} - H04N 21/85406: {involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 format} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A controlling device, comprising: a processing device; a command transmitter; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processing device, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the controlling device to cause a one of a plurality of states for a home entertainment system to be identified within a repository of home entertainment system state data as a function of a metadata that is indicative of at least of one of a content genre, a content rating, and a content category of a media content that is being accessed from a media source and to automatically transmit, via use of the command transmitter, a sequence of commands to cause each of the plurality of appliances in the home entertainment system to be placed into a state that corresponds to the one of the plurality of states for the home entertainment system that was caused to be identified within the repository of home entertainment system state data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the memory further stores the repository of home entertainment system state data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the controlling device is further adapted to communicate with a central server having an associated database that stores the repository of home entertainment system state data and wherein the instructions cause the controlling device to provide to the central server the metadata and to receive from the central server an indication of the one of the plurality of states for the home entertainment system that was caused to be identified within the repository of home entertainment system state data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The controlling device as recited in claim 3, wherein the central server comprises an Internet accessible server. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The controlling device as recited in claim 3, wherein a one of the plurality of appliances in the home entertainment system comprises the central server. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the controlling device to use an indication of the one of the plurality of states for the home entertainment system that was caused to be identified within the repository of home entertainment system state data to dynamically generate the sequence of commands. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the sequence of commands is predetermined and pre-associated with the one of the plurality of states for the home entertainment system that was caused to be identified within the repository of home entertainment system state data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the controlling device comprises the media source. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the controlling device is adapted to communicate with a central server having an associated database that stores the repository of home entertainment system state data and wherein the instructions cause the controlling device to provide to the central server the metadata and to receive from the central server the sequence of commands. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The controlling device as recited in claim 9, wherein the central server comprises an Internet accessible server. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The controlling device as recited in claim 9, wherein a one of the plurality of appliances in the home entertainment system comprises the central server. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the controlling device is adapted to receive the metadata from a one of the plurality of appliances in the home entertainment system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the command transmitter comprises an infrared transmitter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The controlling device as recited in claim 1, wherein the command transmitter comprises a radio frequency transmitter.