Abstract:
A remote control transmission system. The system monitors remote control transmissions for the purpose of updated state tables for one or more remotely controllable appliances. The state tables may then be queried for the purpose of determining the present state of an appliance whereby the transmission of a command that would place an appliance in an unintended state may be avoided.
Abstract:
A system and method for enabling set up of a controlling device capable of controlling a plurality of appliances, via an interactive instruction set and associated programming. The programming is accessible by a STB or other controllable appliance and is configured to appropriately display interactive instructions and prompts to a user during a user initiated set up procedure for configuration of another controllable device (e.g., DVD, VCR, DVR, etc) available to the user. Appropriate set up data, generally in the form of command library codes, is displayed to the user by the interactive instruction set and associated programming for entry and trial by the user in set up of the desired appliance(s).
Abstract:
An electronic program system comprises a program schedule, which is presentable in a display as a grid of two-dimensionally arranged cells with a program identifier being displayed in each of the cells, the grid having a plurality of channels listed in a first dimension and time listed in a secon d dimension of which a portion of the entirety of the grid is displayable in t he display. A user may interact with the electronic program guide (using slider s 2/3, arrows 6, or icon 8) to change the program schedule information that is displayed and/or to transmit one or more command codes to a target appliance .
Abstract:
A user provides to an image recognition system an image that is intended to be used to identify one or more appliances that are to be controlled by a universal controlling device. The image recognition system has access to a database of images that have been cross-referenced to appliances and configuration information for those appliances. The image recognition system uses the provided image to identify one or more appliances to be controlled and, accordingly, the configuration information for those one or more appliances so identified. The configuration information may then be provided to a user for manual provision to the universal controlling device or be provided in a form for downloading into the universal controlling device. The configuration information may also be provided to an intermediate device which has programming for use in connection with a process of configuring the universal controlling device.
Abstract:
A system and method for setting up a control device to command the operations of an appliance. The system includes a power monitor that is associated with the appliance that includes circuitry for determining a current power state of the appliance. The control device has a library of command code sets and includes programming for transmitting to the appliance a command code from one of the command code sets and for receiving from the power monitor a signal which indicates that the transmitted command code caused a change in the current power state of the appliance. If such a signal is received, the programming functions to select the command code set which includes the command code to which the appliance responded by changing power states as the command code set for use in commanding the operations of the appliance.
Abstract:
A remote control transmission monitoring system. The system monitors remote control transmissions for the purpose of updating state tables for one or more remotely controllable appliances (12). The state tables may then be queried for the purpose of determining the present state of an appliance (12) whereby the transmission of a command that would place an appliance (12) in an unintended state may be avoided.
Abstract:
Un método para proporcionar instrucciones interactivas a un usuario para instalar un dispositivo de control (100) utilizado para controlar varios electrodomésticos controlables, comprendiendo el método: proporcionar una programación de un primer electrodoméstico controlable (102) para la presentación de instrucciones al usuario en respuesta a la entrada por parte del usuario por medio del dispositivo de control (100); proporcionar entrada por el usuario al primer electrodoméstico controlable (102) por medio del dispositivo de control (100) indicando que el dispositivo de control (100) se debe instalar para controlar un segundo electrodoméstico controlable (106); acceder a los datos de instrucciones asociados con el segundo electrodoméstico controlable (106) mediante la programación proporcionada en el primer electrodoméstico controlable (102); caracterizado porque comprende además, en respuesta a la entrada del usuario por medio del dispositivo de control, seleccionar un tipo de dispositivo y una marca del segundo electrodoméstico controlable (106), mostrando los datos de instrucciones mediante la programación proporcionada en el primer electrodoméstico controlable (102) para utilizar por el usuario en la instalación del dispositivo de control (100) para controlar el segundo electrodoméstico controlable (106), comprendiendo los datos de instrucciones un número de código de instalación para que el usuario lo introduzca al dispositivo de control (100) para instalar el dispositivo de control (100).
Abstract:
An electronic program system comprises a program schedule, which is presentable in a display as a grid of two-dimensionally arranged cells with a program identifier being displayed in each of the cells, the grid having a plurality of channels listed in a first dimension and time listed in a second dimension of which a portion of the entirety of the grid is displayable in the display. A user may interact with the electronic program guide (using sliders 2/3, arrows 6, or icon 8) to change the program schedule information that is displayed and/or to transmit one or more command codes to a target appliance.
Abstract:
Un sistema para su uso en la instalación de un dispositivo de control (100) usado para comandar una pluralidad de electrodomésticos controlables (102, 106), el sistema que comprende: una fuente remota; y un primer electrodoméstico controlable (102) en comunicación con la fuente remota, el primer electrodoméstico controlable (102) que tiene un dispositivo de procesamiento y un medio legible por ordenador en el que se almacena las instrucciones ejecutables que, cuando se ejecuta por el dispositivo de procesamiento, provocan al primer electrodoméstico controlable (102) para: recibir una señal desde el dispositivo de control (100) indicativa de que el dispositivo de control (100) se coloca en un estado en el que el dispositivo de control (100) debe configurarse para comandar un segundo electrodoméstico controlable (106); y responder a la señal recibida al cargar una aplicación de configuración e iniciar a continuación una visualización de instrucciones para instalar el dispositivo de control (100) para comandar el segundo electrodoméstico controlable (106); en donde las instrucciones mostradas se basan en al menos en parte en los datos de la instrucción a la que se accede por el primer electrodoméstico controlable (102) desde la fuente remota, caracterizado en que las instrucciones incluyen una serie de menús navegables desde los que un usuario puede seleccionar un tipo de dispositivo y una marca del segundo electrodoméstico controlable (106).