Remote control unit for a programmable multimedia controller
AssigneeSavant Systems, LLC
InventorsRobert P. Madonna, Michael E. Noonan, Michael C. Silva, Peter H. Corsini, Arthur A. Jacobson
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AssigneeSavant Systems, LLC
InventorsRobert P. Madonna, Michael E. Noonan, Michael C. Silva, Peter H. Corsini, Arthur A. Jacobson
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In one embodiment, a menu is semi-transparently overlaid upon a portion of a video being shown on a television coupled to a programmable multimedia controller. The menu has a plurality of selectable options and a selection cursor disposed on one of the plurality of selectable options. Input is received from a user on the remote control unit indicating a direction. In response to the input indicating the direction, the selection cursor is moved in a corresponding direction within the semi-transparently overlaid menu to bring the selection cursor to be disposed on a designated selectable option to permit selection of the designated selectable option. In response to selection of the designated selectable option, the programmable multimedia controller issues one or more control commands to a lighting system, a heating ventilation and air/conditioning (HVAC) system, and/or to an automatic shade system, to control operation of lighting, HVAC or window shades.
A method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon, the instructions when executed by one or more processors, operable to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.