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US 6,208,341 B1Granted
GUI of remote control facilitates user-friendly editing of macros
AssigneeU. S. Philips Corporation
InventorsJan van Ee, Paul S. Moore, Guy J. Roberts
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Abstract
A remote control device for a home theater has a macro creation/editing mode with authoring tools on the remote's GUI. One of the editing tools lets the user move a selected macro step visibly up or down the list of steps on the GUI.
Claims5
A remote control device for remote control of equipment, the device having a display for display of a GUI with a plurality of user-selectable options, wherein:
- the device enables the user to program a macro comprising a sequence of multiple ones of the control options;
- the GUI enables the user to view the sequence as a scrollable list of steps;
- the GUI enables the user to edit the list by selecting at least one specific one of the steps at a first location in the list, moving the specific step along the sequence, and inserting the specific step into a second location of the list.
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