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System and method for personalized remote control of an interactive television system

  • US 7,111,320 B1
  • Filed: 09/25/2001
  • Issued: 09/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing personalized remote control of an interactive television system, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first code sequence identifying a particular remote control from a set of available remote controls;

    receiving a second code sequence indicating an activated control on the identified remote control;

    using the first code sequence to identify a particular control-to-function map from a plurality of control-to-function maps, each control-to-function map corresponding to a different remote control and associating code sequences with respective available functions within the interactive television system;

    using the second code sequence to select a corresponding one of the available functions from the identified control-to-function map;

    executing the selected function within the interactive television system; and

    sharing the identified control-to-function map over a network to allow a user to access another interactive television system with the identified remote control using the same control-to-function map.

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