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System and method for remote device pairing

  • US 9,338,495 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2013
  • Issued: 05/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for facilitating indirect communication with one of a plurality of set-top-boxes in a network, comprising:

  • transmitting, by a remote control, a request for information regarding whether each of the plurality of set-top-boxes is capable of pairing with the remote control;

    receiving from the remote control, by a first set-top box of the plurality of set-top boxes, the request;

    transmitting to the remote control, by the first set-top box, a first reply to the request, the first reply including information indicating that the first set-top box is capable of pairing with the remote control;

    in response to the remote control receiving the first reply to the request, transmitting, from the remote control, an instruction signal carrying instructions for controlling an audiovisual display, and information identifying a second set-top box of the plurality of set-top-boxes;

    receiving, by the first set-top-box, from the remote control, the instruction signal carrying instructions for controlling the audiovisual display, and the information identifying the second set-top box;

    relaying, by the first set-top box, the instructions for controlling the audiovisual display via the network from the first set-top box to the identified second set-top-box.

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