Contec Corporation

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Eugene W Griesau

Rebecca J Carlotti

David T Gustafson

Dominic D Santa Maria

Stephanie B Plant

Hye-Youn Cho

Sungseob Lee

Remote control

A universal remote control unit stores signal formatting data which includes an indication of the category of device to which the signal formatting data corresponds. During programming of the universal remote control unit, the user provides a numerical entry which corresponds to the signal formatting data stored in the memory. The universal remote control unit automatically stores the code entered by the user at the appropriate memory location corresponding to the category of device by analyzing the signal format data to which the code corresponds.

Programmable universal remote control unit and method of programming same

A programmable universal remote control unit, settable in one of either a single device mode of operation or a multi-device mode of operation.

Programmable universal remote control unit

A programmable universal remote control unit, settable in one of either a single device mode of operation or a multi-device mode of operation, and a programmable universal remote control unit which is programmable such that at least one of a plurality of buttons on the universal remote control unit, when operated, performs a plurality of specific operations such as turning specific devices on/off and setting specific devices in particular modes.

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Albany, NY, United States of America

Eugene W Griesau