GESTURE-INITIATED REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAMMING
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Abstract
A method and system for configuring a universal remote control (URC) to control a remote-controlled device includes establishing a communication link between the URC and the remote-controlled device in response to detecting a gesture motion of the URC. Device information may be received from the remote-controlled device and used by the URC to program the URC to control the remote-controlled device. The URC may be configured to control a plurality of remote-controlled devices. The communication link may be a near field wireless communication link.
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40 Claims
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21. A method for configuring a universal remote control, comprising:
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displaying, on a display device of a universal remote control, a list of available remote controlled devices; selecting one of the available remote-controlled devices for programming; responsive to detecting a gesture motion of the universal remote control, establishing a wireless communication link with the remote-controlled device selected; receiving, via the wireless communication link, device information from the remote-controlled device; based on the device information, programming the universal remote control to control the remote-controlled device; and storing the device information in the universal remote control. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A universal remote control, comprising:
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a processor; a motion sensor; a near field transceiver; and memory media, including processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; displaying, on a display device of a universal remote control, a list of available remote-controlled devices; selecting one of the available remote-controlled devices for programming; receiving device identifying information from the remote-controlled device selected; signaling the remote-controlled device to send device programming information to the universal remote control; receiving, via the near field transceiver, the device programming information from the remote-controlled device; and responsive to receiving the device programming information, programming the universal remote control to control the remote-controlled device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer-readable memory device, including processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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displaying, on a display device of a universal remote control, a list of available remote-controlled devices; selecting one of the available remote-controlled devices for programming; signaling the selected remote-controlled device to initiate programming of the universal remote control and to send programming codes to the universal remote control; receiving the programming codes from the remote-controlled device; and using the programming codes, programming the universal remote control to control the remote-controlled device. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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