System and method for configuring the remote control functionality of a portable device
First Claim
1. A method for configuring a smart device to control functional operations of a first appliance being added to a system having the smart device and a second appliance, comprising:
- receiving by the second appliance from a third appliance, not part of the system, via a first communication channel between the second appliance and the third appliance an InfoFrame, the InfoFrame having data that was previously provided to the third appliance by the first appliance via a second communication channel between the first appliance and the third appliance;
using, by the second appliance, an Internet server or the smart device, the data within the InfoFrame received by the second appliance to identify a set of commands appropriate for use in controlling functional operations of the first appliance; and
causing, by the second appliance, the Internet server or the smart device, the set of commands appropriate for use in controlling functional operations of the first appliance to be provisioned to the smart device whereupon the smart device is responsively configured to control functional operations of the first appliance via a transmission of one or more commands from the set of commands to at least one of the first appliance and the second appliance.
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Abstract
A system and method used to configure a smart device to command functional operations of a target appliance. The smart device retrieves from a controllable appliance, such as a settop box, 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. A remote control application resident on the smart device then uses the data indicative of the codeset identity retrieved from the controllable appliance to also configure the smart device to command functional operations of the target appliance.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for configuring a smart device to control functional operations of a first appliance being added to a system having the smart device and a second appliance, comprising:
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receiving by the second appliance from a third appliance, not part of the system, via a first communication channel between the second appliance and the third appliance an InfoFrame, the InfoFrame having data that was previously provided to the third appliance by the first appliance via a second communication channel between the first appliance and the third appliance; using, by the second appliance, an Internet server or the smart device, the data within the InfoFrame received by the second appliance to identify a set of commands appropriate for use in controlling functional operations of the first appliance; and causing, by the second appliance, the Internet server or the smart device, the set of commands appropriate for use in controlling functional operations of the first appliance to be provisioned to the smart device whereupon the smart device is responsively configured to control functional operations of the first appliance via a transmission of one or more commands from the set of commands to at least one of the first appliance and the second appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable media having instructions stored thereon for configuring a smart device to control functional operations of a first appliance being added to a system having the smart device and a second appliance, the instructions performing steps, when executed by the second appliance, comprising:
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receiving from a third appliance via a first communication channel between the second appliance and the third appliance an InfoFrame, the InfoFrame having data that was previously provided to the third appliance by the first appliance via a second communication channel between the first appliance and the third appliance; using, by the second appliance, an Internet server or the smart device, the data within the InfoFrame to identify a set of commands appropriate for use in controlling functional operations of the first appliance; and causing, by the second appliance, the Internet server or the smart device, the set of commands appropriate for use in controlling functional operations of the first appliance to be provisioned to the smart device whereupon the smart device will be configured to control functional operations of the first appliance via a transmission of one or more commands from the set of commands to at least one of the first appliance and the second appliance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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