Convenient and easy to use button layout for a remote control
US8704643B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08C2201/21
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A remote control includes a screen configured to display a plurality of soft buttons in a first order. The remote control further includes a memory configured to store use information for the plurality of soft buttons. The use information includes a number of button presses for each of the plurality of soft buttons. The remote control further includes a processor configured to determine whether one of the plurality of soft buttons is pressed a great number of times than a second of the plurality of soft buttons, and to change the display of the plurality of soft buttons to a second order where the one of the plurality of soft buttons is displayed in the second order at a higher position than in the first order.
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