Automatic Update of Remote to Presentation Device

A system comprising:

• a staging server;
• a host device coupled to the staging server;
• a host remote, coupled to the host device, configured to control at least the host device, and configurable to control one or more sink devices;
• and
• a given sink device;
• wherein the host device comprises:
• a non-transitory host data store (HDS);
• a host device processor coupled to the HDS;
• a host remote interface coupling the host remote to the host device;
• and
• a host communications interface configured to couple the host device to the staging server and to the given sink device;
• wherein the HDS non-transitorily stores first computer instructions which, when executed by the host processor, instantiate a sink code engine (SCE) which configures the host device to perform sink remote code retrieval operations (SRCRO) comprising:
• detecting a coupling of the given sink device to the host device;
• receiving sink data from the sink device;
• searching the HDS for sink remote data that corresponds to the sink data;
• retrieving, when available, the sink remote data from the HDS;
• and
• programming the host remote with the sink remote data;
• and
• wherein, when the sink remote data is not available from the HDS, the SRCRO further comprise:
• querying the staging server for the sink remote data;
• retrieving, when available, the sink remote data from the staging server;
• and
• programming the host remote with the sink remote data retrieved from the staging server;
• and
• wherein upon programming the host remote with the sink remote data, the host remote includes at least one control code for controlling, using the host remote, at least one function of the sink device.