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US 9,883,226 B2Granted
System and method for reconfiguration of an entertainment system controlling device
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsPaul D. Arling, Patrick H. Hayes
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Abstract
An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device.
Claims7
An entertainment system, comprising:
- a controlling device;
- and
- an audio/visual (“A/V”) device adapted to receive a media from an Internet server and to route the received media to a display device for rendering;
- wherein the A/V device comprises a processing device and a non-transient, computer readable media having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processing device, cause the A/V device to determine if a new display device has been coupled to an A/V output port of the A/V device and, when it is determined that a new display device has been coupled to the A/V output port of the A/V device, to use device identifier data received from the new display device to cause the controlling device to be configured to issue a volume control command to the new display device, via use of a command communication protocol recognizable by the new display device, in response to an activation of a volume control input element of the controlling device with the controlling device being otherwise configured to issue a transport control command communication to the A/V device, via use of a command communication protocol recognizable by the A/V device, in response to an activation of a media playback control input element of the controlling device with the transport control command communication being used by the A/V device to control a rendering of media that is being received by the AV device and that is being routed to the new display device.
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