Binding procedure

• US 20050198253A1
• Filed: 04/23/2003
• Published: 09/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Prummel, Geert
• Granted Patent: US 8,417,358 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/28 using pulse code
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices

Abstract

In a system comprising control units for sending commands to system units, each system unit comprises a table for storing the identification of at least one control unit and a command. In a binding mode the content of the table can be changed making use of a control unit.

Claims

1. A system comprising control stations and substations controlled by said control stations, which stations comprise transfer means for communication between said stations via a transfer medium, in which a control station comprises transmission means for transferring a control code signal and a substation comprises receiving means for receiving a control code signal as well as execution means for processing said control code signal, characterized in that each substation comprises table means for storing registrations in table form therein, each registration comprising at least an identification code of a control station and a control code, and table processing means for updating the table in a binding mode on the basis of a command received from a control station to enter a new registration or remove an existing registration, and verifying in a normal mode whether a received identification code and a control code are stored in the table, and if this is not the case, disabling the aforesaid execution means, in which the aforesaid transmission means are also arranged for transmitting, in combination with a control code signal, an identification code signal which identifies the control station, and in which means are present for placing the aforesaid table processing means in the binding mode.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, in which said substations comprise transmission means for transferring an identification code signal identifying said substation, characterized in that said table processing means are also arranged for disabling the aforesaid transmission means of the substation in the normal mode after it has been determined that an identification code received from a control station does not correspond to an identification code stored in the table means in the case that the table means contain at least one identification code, and maintaining said table processing means in the normal mode after said determination has been made.