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Home appliance control system and methods in a networked environment

  • US 7,136,709 B2
  • Filed: 11/01/2004
  • Issued: 11/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a controlling device adapted to control an operation of a controllable device, a method for normalizing command input, comprising:

  • receiving from another controlling device a command;

    using the command received from the another controlling device to teach a command input decoding engine accessible to the controlling device to recognize the command as being a match for a generic action descriptor within a database of predefined generic action descriptors;

    subsequently receiving the command; and

    using the command input decoding engine accessible to the controlling device to match the command when subsequently received to the generic action descriptor within the database of predefined generic action descriptors whereby the matched generic action descriptor is used in connection with causing the controlling device to control the operation of the controllable device.

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