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System and method for configuring the remote control functionality of a portable device

  • US 8,659,400 B2
  • Filed: 08/04/2011
  • Issued: 02/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring a smart device to command functional operations of a target appliance, comprising:

  • retrieving at the smart device from a controllable appliance in connection with a controllable appliance discovery process invoked on the smart device data indicative of a codeset identity of the target appliance wherein the codeset identity was determined during a process used to configure a conventional universal remote control to command functional operations of the target appliance and wherein the process used to configure the conventional universal remote control is performed in cooperation with the controllable appliance; and

    using the data indicative of the codeset identity retrieved from the controllable appliance by a remote control application resident on the smart device to also configure the smart device to command functional operations of the target appliance.

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