System and method for using image data in connection with configuring a universal controlling device
First Claim
1. A method for providing a codeset for controlling functional operations of a target appliance to a portable device, comprising:
- receiving via a network at a server computer from the portable device data indicative of a selection criteria;
using the data indicative of the selection criteria at the server computer to select a plurality of images from a pictorial database associated with the server computer;
providing via the network from the server computer to the portable device the plurality of images selected from the pictorial database;
receiving via the network at the server computer from the portable device data indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of images;
using the data indicative of the selection of one of the plurality of images to select a codeset from a codeset database associated with the server computer; and
providing via the network from the server computer to the portable device the codeset selected from the codeset database wherein the codeset selected from the codeset database is adapted to configure the controlling device to command functional operations of a target appliance corresponding to the selection criteria and the selected one of the plurality of images.
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Abstract
Data indicative of topography of an object of interest is received at a recognition system having an associated database in which is stored topography data for a plurality of reference objects each of which is cross-referenced to configuration information for a universal controlling device. The reference system uses the received data and the topography data for the plurality of reference objects to discern one or more reference objects as being a match for the object of interest. At least a subset of the configuration information that has been cross-referenced to the one or more reference objects discerned by the recognition system as being a match for the object of interest is then used to configure the universal controlling device to enable the universal controlling device to communicate commands to one or more target appliances.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a codeset for controlling functional operations of a target appliance to a portable device, comprising:
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receiving via a network at a server computer from the portable device data indicative of a selection criteria; using the data indicative of the selection criteria at the server computer to select a plurality of images from a pictorial database associated with the server computer; providing via the network from the server computer to the portable device the plurality of images selected from the pictorial database; receiving via the network at the server computer from the portable device data indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of images; using the data indicative of the selection of one of the plurality of images to select a codeset from a codeset database associated with the server computer; and providing via the network from the server computer to the portable device the codeset selected from the codeset database wherein the codeset selected from the codeset database is adapted to configure the controlling device to command functional operations of a target appliance corresponding to the selection criteria and the selected one of the plurality of images. - 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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