System and method for effectively performing a remote control configuration procedure
First Claim
1. A system for effectively controlling an electronic system, comprising:
- a settop box that receives electronic programming from a program source;
a television that is configured to reproduce said electronic programming; and
a remote control that controls said television over an RC-TV communications link, said television automatically coordinating an entire set of handshaking steps for performing a configuration procedure with a configuration server to allow said remote control to also control said settop box over an RC-STB communication link, said configuration server being at a remote network location that is accessible by other network devices, said television automatically accessing STB control codes from said configuration server based upon a device type of said settop box for adding settop-box control functions to internally modify said remote control during said configuration procedure.
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Abstract
A system and method for effectively performing a remote control configuration procedure includes a settop box that receives electronic programming from a program source and a television that is configured to reproduce the electronic programming. A remote control device controls various functionalities of the television over an RC-TV communications link. The remote control configuration procedure is coordinated by the television and a configuration server to allow the remote control device to also control various functionalities of the settop box over an RC-STB communication link. The television and the configuration server support a user-friendly interactive procedure to automatically determine and provide certain settop-box control information for adding appropriate settop-box control functions to the remote control device during the remote control configuration procedure.
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63 Claims
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1. A system for effectively controlling an electronic system, comprising:
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a settop box that receives electronic programming from a program source; a television that is configured to reproduce said electronic programming; and a remote control that controls said television over an RC-TV communications link, said television automatically coordinating an entire set of handshaking steps for performing a configuration procedure with a configuration server to allow said remote control to also control said settop box over an RC-STB communication link, said configuration server being at a remote network location that is accessible by other network devices, said television automatically accessing STB control codes from said configuration server based upon a device type of said settop box for adding settop-box control functions to internally modify said remote control during said configuration procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for effectively controlling an electronic system, comprising:
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receiving electronic programming from a program source by utilizing a settop box; reproducing said electronic programming with a television; controlling said television with a remote control over an RC-TV communications link; and performing a configuration procedure automatically with said television and a configuration server in an entire set of handshaking steps to allow said remote control to also control said settop box over an RC-STB communication link, said configuration server being at a remote network location that is accessible by other network device, said television automatically accessing STB control codes from said configuration server based upon a device type of said settop box for adding settop-box control functions to internally modify said remote control during said configuration procedure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A system for effectively controlling a television system, comprising:
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a cable-television settop box that receives electronic programming from a cable-network program source; a television that is configured to reproduce said electronic programming upon a display screen; a configuration server that stores STB control codes for said cable-television settop box; and a remote control that controls said television over a wireless RC-TV communications link, said television and said configuration server automatically coordinating an entire set of handshaking steps for performing a configuration procedure to allow said remote control to also control said settop box over an RC-STB communication link, said configuration server being at a remote network location that is accessible by other network devices, said television automatically accessing said STB control codes from said configuration server based upon a device type of said settop box for adding settop-box control functions to internally modify said remote control, said television providing a graphical-user-interface for identifying a correct version of said STB control information, and for visually indicating said settop-box control functions on an displayed image of said remote control.
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63. A system for effectively controlling a television system, comprising:
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a satellite-television settop box that receives electronic programming from a satellite-network program source; a television that is configured to reproduce said electronic programming upon a display screen; a configuration server that stores STB control codes for said satellite-television settop box; and a remote control that controls said television over a wireless RC-TV communications link, said television and said configuration server automatically coordinating an entire set of handshaking steps for performing a configuration procedure to allow said remote control to also control said settop box over an RC-STB communication link, said configuration server being at a remote network location that is accessible by other network devices, said television automatically accessing said STB control codes from said configuration server based upon a device type of said settop box for adding settop-box control functions to internally modify said remote control, said television providing a graphical-user-interface for identifying a correct version of said STB control information, and for visually indicating said settop-box control functions on an displayed image of said remote control.
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