Using A/V device to send controlled device communication-related parameters to program remote control
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsYoshi Hirabayashi, Peter Shintani
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Abstract
An A/V device such as a TV presents a series of GUIs that a user can navigate through using a programmable bidirectional remote control to select a type of component to be controlled, the manufacturer, and model number. Once the desired component is selected by navigating through the GUIs, the TV sends back the necessary code information to enable the remote control to communicate with the component.
Claims13
An audio-video (A/V) device configured to present, in response to navigation signals wirelessly received from a remote control, a series of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) through which a user can navigate to select a component to be controlled, the A/V device in response transmitting to the remote control communication-related information to enable the remote control to communicate with the component, the GUIs including:
- a first GUI enabling a user to select a type of component;
- responsive to selection of a type of component from the first GUI, a second GUI listing plural manufacturers of the type of component;
- responsive to selection of a manufacturer from the second GUI, a third GUI presenting a list of models supplied by the manufacturer selected from the second GUI, a user being able to select a model from the list on the third GUI to cause the A/V device to transmit the remote control-communication-related information.
A remote control (RC) comprising:
- a portable housing;
- a wireless bidirectional transceiver in the housing;
- a computer readable storage medium in the housing;
- and
- a processor in the housing configured to communicate with the transceiver and storage medium to execute logic comprising:
- receiving, from an A/V device via the transceiver, code information for communicating command signals to a component to be controlled;
- storing the code information on the storage medium;
- and
- using the code information to control the component in response to user input on the RC, wherein the RC navigates through a first GUI to enable a user to select a type of component from the first GUI, the RC responsive to selection of a type of component from the first GUI, enabling a user to navigate a second GUI listing plural manufacturers of the type of component, the RC responsive to selection of a manufacturer from the second GUI enabling a user to navigate a third GUI presenting a list of models supplied by the manufacturer selected from the second GUI, a user being able to select a model from the list on the third GUI to cause the A/V device to transmit the code information to the RC.
Method comprising:
- establishing a bidirectional link between a remote control (RC) and an audio/video (A/V) device;
- using the link to allow a user of the RC to invoke graphical user interface (GUI) on the A/V device;
- allowing a user to select a component from the GUI using the RC;
- sending from the A/V device communication-related information pertaining to the component over the link to the RC;
- and
- presenting on the A/V device both a prompt for a user to select a mode on the RC and an indication of a mode actually currently selected on the RC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.