Control of an adjustable bed and a multimedia device associated with the bed
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a remote controller for an adjustable bed that has at least one bed position command set and at least one command set enabling a user to at least one of play, adjust volume, fast forward and rewind media using a device associated with the bed, whereinthe at least one bed position command set includes a command that stores an association of a current bed position value with a user-selected bed position by updating a table having a plurality of ordered entries, and further wherein updating the table includes adding a store indication to at least one of the plurality of entries in the table, each one of the plurality of entries specifying one of a range of available positions for the adjustable bed and an increment value to reach the position; and
responsive to the plurality of ordered entries including entries without the store indication, sequentially selecting an entry from the entries without the store indication until an entry including the user-selected bed position is found.
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Abstract
A controller for an adjustable bed also provides control functions for a multi media device. The multimedia device may be an MP3 player, an audio/visual player, and the like. The controller controls a function of the bed, such as a bed position selection, and functions of the multimedia device such as on/off, volume, channel, song, content, and the like.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a remote controller for an adjustable bed that has at least one bed position command set and at least one command set enabling a user to at least one of play, adjust volume, fast forward and rewind media using a device associated with the bed, wherein the at least one bed position command set includes a command that stores an association of a current bed position value with a user-selected bed position by updating a table having a plurality of ordered entries, and further wherein updating the table includes adding a store indication to at least one of the plurality of entries in the table, each one of the plurality of entries specifying one of a range of available positions for the adjustable bed and an increment value to reach the position; and responsive to the plurality of ordered entries including entries without the store indication, sequentially selecting an entry from the entries without the store indication until an entry including the user-selected bed position is found. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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