System and method for providing an adaptive user interface on an electronic appliance
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1. A system, comprising:
- a controllable device; and
a plurality of different controlling devices;
wherein the controllable device responds to a received transmission originating from a one of the plurality of controlling devices by attempting to determine an identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices from which the received transmission originated and, when the identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices is capable of being determined, by using the determined identity to enter into a one of a plurality of different controllable device operating modes wherein each one of the plurality of different controllable device operating modes has been associated within the controllable device to the determined identity and, when the identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices is incapable of being determined, by entering into a default one of the plurality of controllable device operating modes.
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Abstract
A controllable device, such as a set top box, responds to a transmission received from a one of a plurality of controlling devices of differing capabilities by entering into a one of a plurality of operating modes wherein the one of the plurality of operating modes entered into corresponds to the capabilities of the controlling device from which the transmission originated.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a controllable device; and a plurality of different controlling devices; wherein the controllable device responds to a received transmission originating from a one of the plurality of controlling devices by attempting to determine an identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices from which the received transmission originated and, when the identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices is capable of being determined, by using the determined identity to enter into a one of a plurality of different controllable device operating modes wherein each one of the plurality of different controllable device operating modes has been associated within the controllable device to the determined identity and, when the identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices is incapable of being determined, by entering into a default one of the plurality of controllable device operating modes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A controllable device, comprising:
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a processing device; and a memory in which is stored instructions wherein the instructions, when executed by the processing device, cause the controllable device to; respond to a transmission received from a one of a plurality of controlling devices by attempting to determine an identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices from which the received transmission originated and, when the identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices is capable of being determined, by using the determined identity to cause the controllable device enter into a one of a plurality of different controllable device operating modes wherein each one of the plurality of different controllable device operating modes has been associated within the memory to the determined identity and, when the identity of the one of the plurality of controlling devices is incapable of being determined, by causing the controlling device to enter into a default one of the plurality of controllable device operating modes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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