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System and method for user login to a multimedia system using a remote control

  • US 8,595,793 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2009
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of logging in one or more user profiles on a multimedia system, the method comprising:

  • associating one or more actuation sequences of one or more buttons on a remote control device each with a user profile, wherein a first actuation on the remote control is associated with a first user profile and a second actuation on the remote control is associated with a second user profile;

    communicating a first signal corresponding to one of the first actuation sequence from the remote control device to a multimedia system to identify the first user profile for login;

    logging in the first user profile as an active user profile on the multimedia system based on the first signal;

    communicating a second signal from the remote control device to the multimedia system to identify the second user profile for login while the first user profile is logged in;

    logging in the second user profile on the multimedia system based on the second signal; and

    controlling multimedia content provided to an output system of the multimedia system based on forming a joint user profile using the logged in first user profile and the logged in second user profile, wherein each user profile comprises a plurality of characteristics that affects multimedia content provided by a multimedia system to personalize the user'"'"'s multimedia experience.

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