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Dual-mode controller

  • US 10,630,504 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2019
  • Issued: 04/21/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for operating a dual-mode controller, the system comprising:

  • a controller comprising a processor, a non-transitory machine-readable memory, and a first display; and

    a plurality of ancillary components coupled to and in communication with the controller to send and receive information between each, the plurality of ancillary components comprising two or more of a location positioning component, a satellite communication component, a messaging component, a sound and/or image component, a climate control component, an alert component, one or more sensors, one or more transducers, or an emergency rescue beacon component;

    wherein the controller is configured to operate in a first mode of controlling the plurality of ancillary components,wherein, when operating in the first mode, the first display serves as a control interface for user control inputs for regulating operation of the plurality of ancillary components via a portion of a first number of functional commands provided at the first display; and

    wherein the controller is configured to operate in a second mode of controlling the plurality of ancillary components based on receipt of a wireless signal from an external computing device indicating that a user wishes to control the plurality of ancillary components in the second mode,wherein, when operating in the second mode, the processor enables the external computing device toa) serve as control interface for one or more of the plurality of ancillary components,b) communicate, by a second processor of the external computing device, by sending and receiving information between each of a portion of the one or more of the plurality of ancillary components, andc) provide, via a second display of the external computing device, a portion of a second number of functional commands to the user for regulating operation of the plurality of ancillary components,wherein certain commands of the second number of functional commands are unavailable in the first number of functional commands, andwherein the processor displays a portion of information at the first display of the controller that is displayed at the second display of the external computing device responsive to certain other commands included in both the first number of functional commands and the second number of functional commands.

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