System and method for configuring the remote control functionality of a portable device
US9478125B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/42225
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method used to configure a smart device to command functional operations of a target appliance. The smart device retrieves from a controllable appliance, such as a settop box, data indicative of a codeset identity of the target appliance wherein the codeset identity was determined during a process used to configure a conventional universal remote control to command functional operations of the target appliance and wherein the process used to configure the conventional universal remote control is performed in cooperation with the controllable appliance. A remote control application resident on the smart device then uses the data indicative of the codeset identity retrieved from the controllable appliance to also configure the smart device to command functional operations of the target appliance.
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