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US 8,570,158 B2Granted
Programming a universal remote control via a point-of-sale system
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames Pratt, Paul Van Vleck
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Abstract
A method and system for programming a universal remote control (URC) to operate with a remote-controlled device is disclosed. In response to an indication of a purchase transaction for a remote-controlled device, a network identity and a device identifier may be sent to client-premises equipment (CPE). The CPE may then program the URC to control the remote-controlled device.
Claims22
A computer-implemented remote control programming method, comprising:
- responsive to receiving a transaction indication indicative of a purchase transaction, originated by a user, for a remote-controlled device, programming a universal remote control, wherein the programming includes:
- sending a network identity associated with the user and an identifier of the remote-controlled device to a network server having access to customer premises equipment associated with the network identity;
- receiving a validation indication indicating that that the network identity of the user has been validated by a biometric security procedure;
- receiving programming codes for the remote-controlled device from the network server;
- providing the programming codes to the customer premises equipment;
- and
- configuring the universal remote control to execute the programming codes to control the remote-controlled device;
- wherein the configuring of the universal remote control initiates as soon as the transaction indication is received and regardless of whether the remote-controlled device and the universal remote control are in proximity to one another.
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An application server, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium including stored, processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- programming a universal remote control in response to receiving a transaction indication indicative of a purchase transaction, originated by a user, for a remote-controlled device, wherein the programming includes:
- sending a network identity associated with the user and an identifier of the remote-controlled device to a network server having access to customer premises equipment associated with the network identity;
- receiving a validation indication indicating that that the network identity of the user has been validated by a biometric security procedure;
- receiving programming codes for the remote-controlled device from the network server;
- providing the programming codes to the customer premises equipment;
- and
- configuring the universal remote control to execute the programming codes to control the remote-controlled device;
- and
- wherein the configuring of the universal remote control initiates as soon as the transaction indication is received and regardless of whether the remote-controlled device and the universal remote control are in proximity to one another.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium including stored, processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- programming a universal remote control in response to receiving a transaction indication indicative of a purchase transaction, originated by a user, for a remote-controlled device, wherein the programming includes:
- sending a network identity associated with the user and an identifier of the remote-controlled device to a network server having access to customer premises equipment associated with the network identity;
- receiving a validation indication indicating that that the network identity of the user has been validated by a biometric security procedure;
- receiving programming codes for the remote-controlled device from the network server;
- and
- providing the programming codes to the customer premises equipment;
- and
- configuring the universal remote control to execute the programming codes to control the remote-controlled device;
- wherein the configuring of the universal remote control initiates as soon as the transaction indication is received and regardless of whether the remote-controlled device and the universal remote control are in proximity to one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.