Intelligent Infrared Remote Pairing
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Abstract
Systems and methods for associating a remote controller with a device are provided. The systems and methods generally relate to receiving a request from a remote controlled to pair the remote controller to a device at several devices and determining at each of the several devices the strength of the wireless pairing request signal received by that device. If a device determines that its received signal is the strongest, the device may be paired with the remote controller. If instead a device determines that its received signal is not the strongest, it may ignore subsequent communications received from the remote controller.
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42 Claims
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23. A method for processing a pairing request from a first remote controller by a first electronic device in communication with at least one other electronic device, the method comprising:
at the first electronic device; receiving from a second electronic device of the at least one other electronic device, a transmission comprising a first attribute associated with reception of a pairing request from the first remote controller by the second electronic device; determining not to pair the first electronic device with the first remote controller; and ignoring subsequent transmissions received from the first remote controller. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for processing a pairing request from a first remote controller by a first electronic device in communication with at least one other electronic device, the computer-readable medium storing instructions configured to cause the first electronic device to:
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receive from a second electronic device of the at least one other electronic device, a transmission comprising a first attribute associated with reception of a pairing request from the first remote controller by the second electronic device; determine not to pair the first electronic device with the first remote controller; and ignore subsequent transmissions received from the first remote controller. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A first electronic device in communication with a at least one other electronic device, the first electronic device comprising:
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control circuitry; and a receiver; wherein the control circuitry and the receiver are configured to; receive from a second electronic device of the at least one other electronic device, a transmission comprising a first attribute associated with reception of a pairing request from a first remote controller by the second electronic device; determine not to pair the first electronic device with the first remote controller; and ignore subsequent transmissions received from the first remote controller. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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