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Remote control interference avoidance

  • US 10,504,360 B2
  • Filed: 04/08/2011
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining, by a remote control device in communication with an output device, a rate of signal pulses sent from the output device to a third device, wherein the third device is synchronized, based on the rate of signal pulses, with the output device to facilitate viewing, via the third device, of a media asset and wherein the rate of the signal pulses corresponds to a frame rate of the media asset;

    determining, based at least in part on the rate of the signal pulses, a transmission interval occurring between sequential signal pulses;

    detecting, by the remote control device, a user selection of a command for the output device;

    determining, that the command is incapable of being sent during the transmission interval; and

    sending, based the determination that the command is incapable of being sent during the transmission interval, a portion of the command.

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