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System and method for appliance control via a personal communication or entertainment device

  • US 10,489,052 B2
  • Filed: 10/29/2018
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling at least one operating function of at least one target controllable device via at least one command communication sent to an intermediate device from a remote control device, comprising:

  • in response to a first event being generated at the remote control device, causing the remote control device to transmit, via use of a wireless transmitter of the remote control device, the at least one command communication to the intermediate device;

    using by the intermediate device data in the at least one command communication received from the remote control device to select at least one command code data set from a library of command code data sets stored in a memory of the intermediate device and to identify at least one command code in the selected at least one command code data set; and

    using by the intermediate device the identified at least one command code in the identified at least one command code data set to create and transmit to the at least one target controllable appliance a command signal, wherein the command signal has a format appropriate for controlling the at least one operating function of the at least one target controllable device, and wherein the at least one operating function of the at least one target controllable device comprises a media rendering pause function or a volume mute function.

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