Apparatus and method for managing memory of a digital video recorder
First Claim
1. A method of clearing a memory component of an electronic device using a universal remote control unit which includes a keypad having keys, the method comprising:
- initiating, by a user, an updating mode;
entering, by a user, a code associated with the device to be controlled by the remote control unit;
entering, by a user, a signal formatting data entry which includes signal formatting data, via the keys of the keypad, to be stored in a memory of the remote control unit;
associating the type of device to be controlled by the remote control unit with the signal formatting data entry; and
forming the signal formatting data to allow a sequence of depression of keys to cause the memory component of the device to be cleared when the device having the memory component is being controlled by the remote control unit.
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Abstract
A method for clearing a memory component of an electronic device using a universal remote control unit includes initiating, by a user, an upgrading mode; entering, by a user, a code associated with a device to be controlled by the remote control unit; entering, by a user, a signal formatting data entry which includes signal formatting data, via the keys of the keypad, to be stored in memory of the remote control unit; and associating the type of device to be controlled by the remote control unit with the signal formatting data entry. The signal formatting data is formed to allow a sequence of depression of keys to cause the memory component of the device to be cleared.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of clearing a memory component of an electronic device using a universal remote control unit which includes a keypad having keys, the method comprising:
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initiating, by a user, an updating mode; entering, by a user, a code associated with the device to be controlled by the remote control unit; entering, by a user, a signal formatting data entry which includes signal formatting data, via the keys of the keypad, to be stored in a memory of the remote control unit; associating the type of device to be controlled by the remote control unit with the signal formatting data entry; and forming the signal formatting data to allow a sequence of depression of keys to cause the memory component of the device to be cleared when the device having the memory component is being controlled by the remote control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A universal remote control unit for remotely controlling a plurality of devices, one of the devices having a memory component which can be rewritten, comprising:
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a memory having a plurality of locations for storing signal formatting entries at respective locations in the memory which are permanently written therein, and a location for storing a signal formatting entry which can be rewritten; a keypad having a plurality of keys for entering, by a user, a first sequence of keypad strokes for actuating an upgrade mode, entering, by a user, a second sequence of keypad strokes indicative of new signal formatting data not previously stored in the memory, and entering, by a user, a third sequence of keypad strokes indicative of a desire to cause the memory component of the device to be cleared; a transmitter; a processor, which when an upgrade mode is actuated by the user entering the first sequence of keypad strokes, enabling the user to enter the second sequence of keypad strokes indicative of the new signal formatting data not previously stored in the memory, and storing the new signal formatting data in one of the plurality of memory locations for storing signal formatting data not previously stored in the memory, whereby the new signal formatting data causes entry of the third sequence of keypad strokes to cause the memory component of the device to be cleared when the device having the memory component is being controlled by the remote control unit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An article of manufacture comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for updating a memory of a universal remote control unit which includes a keypad having keys, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising; a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for initiating, by a user, an updating mode; a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for entering, by a user, a code associated with a device type to be controlled by the remote control unit; a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for entering, by a user, a signal formatting data entry which includes signal formatting data, via the keys of the keypad, to be stored in the memory of the remote control unit; a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for associating the device type to be controlled by the remote control unit with the signal formatting data entry; and a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for forming the signal formatting data to allow a sequence of depression of keys to cause a memory component of a device being controlled by the remote control unit to be cleared when the device having the memory component is being controlled by the remote control unit.
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