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System and method of using a remote control and apparatus

  • US 8,228,224 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2007
  • Issued: 07/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • detecting that an agent is within a first proximate distance of a first control of a device, wherein the first proximate distance defines an activation threshold; and

    triggering a particular audible signal in response to detection of the agent within the first proximate distance of the first control;

    wherein the particular audible signal identifies a particular function of the first control to which the first control is configured to operate, the particular function selected from a plurality of functions of the first control, the selection of the particular function based on an indication of a particular configured state of an apparatus selected from a plurality of configurable states of the apparatus, wherein the apparatus is remote from the device; and

    wherein the particular audible signal is selected from a plurality of audible signals, each of the plurality of audible signals identifying a corresponding function of the plurality of functions.

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