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System and method of establishing communication between an appliance and an external device

  • US 6,819,341 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2001
  • Issued: 11/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An appliance comprising:

  • an infra red (IR) port;

    a display means;

    a search animation module executed by a processor residing in the appliance that generates a search animation for displaying on the display means, the search animation further comprising;

    a first metaphoric icon; and

    a plurality of images resembling waves aligned in a single axial direction, each wave image moving progressively away from the first metaphoric icon to indicate that the appliance is attempting to establish communication between the IR port and an external device having an IR port; and

    a search completion code segment which indicates that the appliance and the external device are communicating by stopping movement of each one of the waves.

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