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US 8,427,356 B1Granted
Automatic determination and retrieval of a favorite channel
AssigneeUEI Cayman Inc.
InventorRamaiah Satish
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AssigneeUEI Cayman Inc.
InventorRamaiah Satish
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A remote control device tracks the Likely Current Channel (LCC) to which an associated controlled electronic consumer device is tuned. The remote determines an amount of time that the LCC remains unchanged. Based at least in part on this amount of time, the remote determines whether the LCC should be stored as a Favorite Channel (FC). When the user subsequently presses a favorite key on the remote, the remote uses a codeset and the stored FC information to output a transmitter operational signal. The operation signal carries the FC number such that the electronic consumer device is commanded to tune to the FC. Automatic detection, storage, and ranking of FCs eliminates the need for complex user programming of the remote. Because the ranking of FCs is automatically updated over time, changing user preferences are automatically accommodated without manual intervention, resulting in an effortless user interface.
A method, comprising:
A non-transitory, computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions which, when executed by a processing device, perform the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.