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System and method for using image data in connection with configuring a universal controlling device

  • US 20070271267A1
  • Filed: 06/28/2007
  • Published: 11/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring a universal controlling device to enable the universal controlling device to communicate commands to one or more target appliances, comprising:

  • receiving data indicative of physical characteristics of an object of interest at a recognition system having an associated database in which is stored physical characteristic data for a plurality of reference objects each of which is cross-referenced to configuration information;

    using at the reference system the received data indicative of physical characteristics of the object of interest and the physical characteristic data for the plurality of reference objects stored within the database to discern one or more reference objects as being a match for the object of interest; and

    using at least a subset of the configuration information that has been cross-referenced to the one or more reference objects discerned by the recognition system as being a match for the object of interest to configure the universal controlling device to enable the universal controlling device to communicate commands to the one or more target appliances.

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