Universal soft remote control
First Claim
1. A universal remote control for providing wireless remote control of one or more devices, said devices being equipped for remote control by respective original remote controls having visual appearances different from one another, said universal remote control comprising:
- a memory that stores one or more descriptions associated with one or more original remote controls that are selectively emulated by the universal remote control, said descriptions including information describing the visual appearances of the original remote controls that the descriptions are associated with; and
,a graphical user interface upon which is displayed a representation of one of the original remote controls selected for emulation by the universal remote control, said representation having a visual appearance substantially the same as the original remote control being emulated.
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Abstract
A universal remote control (10) is provided for wireless remote control of one or more devices (D1 . . . Dn) equipped for remote control by respective original remote controls having visual appearances different from one another. The universal remote control (10) includes: a memory (40) that stores one or more descriptions associated with one or more original remote controls that are selectively emulated by the universal remote control (10), the descriptions including information describing the visual appearances of the original remote controls that the descriptions are associated with; and, a graphical user interface (20) upon which is displayed a representation of one of the original remote controls selected for emulation by the universal remote control (10), the representation having a visual appearance substantially the same as the original remote control being emulated.
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22 Claims
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1. A universal remote control for providing wireless remote control of one or more devices, said devices being equipped for remote control by respective original remote controls having visual appearances different from one another, said universal remote control comprising:
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a memory that stores one or more descriptions associated with one or more original remote controls that are selectively emulated by the universal remote control, said descriptions including information describing the visual appearances of the original remote controls that the descriptions are associated with; and
,a graphical user interface upon which is displayed a representation of one of the original remote controls selected for emulation by the universal remote control, said representation having a visual appearance substantially the same as the original remote control being emulated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20, 21)
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8. A method of emulating one or more original remote controls having visual appearances that are different from one another, said method comprising:
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(a) storing descriptions of each original remote control to be emulated, said descriptions including information describing the visual appearances of the original remote controls to which the descriptions apply; (b) determining which one of the original remote controls to emulate; and
,(c) displaying a replica of the original remote control being emulated, said replica having a visual appearance substantially the same as the original remote control being emulated. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 22)
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12. A universal remote control for emulating one or more original remote controls having visual appearances that are different from one another, said universal remote control comprising:
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means for storing descriptions of each original remote control to be emulated, said descriptions including information describing the visual appearances of the original remote controls to which the descriptions apply; means for determining which one of the original remote controls to emulate; and
,means for displaying a replica of the original remote control being emulated, said replica having a visual appearance substantially the same as the original remote control being emulated. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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