Dynamic linking of codesets in universal remote control devices
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsGeorge Vergis, Sunilkumar Mankame
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Abstract
A codeset having function-code combinations is provisioned on a controlling device to control functions of an intended target device. Input is provided to the controlling device which designates a function to be controlled on the intended target device. From a plurality of codes that are each associated with the designated function in a database stored in a memory of the controlling device a first code that is determined to be valid for use in controlling the designated function on the intended target device is selected. When the cod eset is then provisioned on the controlling device, the provisioned cod eset includes as a function-code combination thereof the designated function and the first code.
Claims13
A method performed by a controlling device for commanding a functional operation of a controlled device, comprising:
- responding to a one of a plurality of input elements of the controlling device being activated by determining if a first keycode present in a first preset codeset stored in a memory, having keycod es linked to other ones of the plurality of input elements of the controlling device, is linked to the activated one of the plurality of input elements of the controlling device and, when it is determined that the first keycode present in the first preset codeset stored in the memory is not linked to the activated one of the plurality of input elements of the controlling device, automatically causing a second keycode from a second preset cod eset that was linked to the activated one of the plurality of input elements of the controlling device to be used to generate a command for transmission to the controlled device via use of a transmitter of the controlling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.