Universal Electronics Inc.

Patrick H Hayes

Paul D Arling

Joseph Lee Haughawout

James N Conway, Jr

Arsham Hatambeiki

Jeremy K Black

Eric Negron

Jeffrey Kohanek

Weidong William Wang

Steve LanPing Huang

Marcel Hilbrink

Han-Sheng Yuh

Pamela Eichler Keiles

Cesar Alvarado

Mauro Dresti

Sandro David Klein

Robert A Campbell

Robert P Lilleness

Rex Xu

Brandt J Thompson

Gerben Meijer

Alex Louie

Paul Ogaz

Gregory L Johns

Olav B M Pouw

Wayne Scott

Marcus Escobosa

Kimthoa T Nguyen

David Chong Cheung Hyen

John E Hyatt

Christopher A Chambers

Brian G Barnett

Norman G Sheridan

Joyce M Presseau

Jon Gallegos

Khanh Q Nguyen

Jonathan Lim

Fusheng Frank Chen

Han-Sheng Yu

Youping (Edward) Yun

Jason L Godwin

Cheryl W Scott

Allen Yuh

Stephan De Clercq

Menno Buys

Elissa K Bordner

Steven LanPing Huang

Steve Lanping Huang

James N Conway

A system and method for using a controllable appliance to report an inoperable state of a controlling device. The appliance is caused to repeatedly determine, at a first predetermined timed interval, if a wireless notification signal, repeatedly transmitted by the controlling device at a second predetermined timed interval, has been received from the controlling device. When the wireless notification signal has not been received from the controlling device within the first predetermined timed interval, the appliance is caused to issue a status notification that the controlling device is in an inoperable state.

System and method for detecting the removal of a controlling device

A controllable device, such as a set top box, responds to a transmission received from a one of a plurality of controlling devices of differing capabilities by entering into a one of a plurality of operating modes wherein the one of the plurality of operating modes entered into corresponds to the capabilities of the controlling device from which the transmission originated.

System and method for providing an adaptive user interface on an electronic appliance

A programming access device such as, for example, a cable or satellite set top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), a personal computer, and/or a digital media receivers automatically optimizes an order of or filters content choices presented in a content listing, such as a program guide display, favorite channel display, and/or a recording listing display based on the past viewing and/or recording history of a current user or group of users.

System and method for a self adaptive multi-user program guide

The present invention is a spreader device used to fill a container or silo with grain that comprises a shaped body including a primary opening with a removable cover and several angled, peripheral openings located a distance from the primary opening. The spreader functions by allowing grain to pass through its primary opening to form a single flow column and grain pile and then having the primary opening closed via the cover to direct grain to the one or more peripheral openings, thereby creating multiple flow columns and grain piles that are located radially away from the primary flow column and grain pile.

Spreader device and method of using the same for optimizing the distribution of grain in storage containers

A system and method for enabling set up of a controlling device capable of controlling a plurality of appliances provides an interactive instruction set and associated programming which is downloadable to a controllable appliance having an associated display, such as an Internet enabled television. The programming is accessible by the controllable appliance and is configured to appropriately display interactive instructions from the interactive instruction set to a user during a user initiated set up procedure for setting up the controlling device to communicate commands to another controllable device (e.g., a DVD, VCR, DVR, etc).

System and method for widget-assisted setup of a universal remote control

A system for use in controlling operating functions of a controllable device includes a hand-held device and an intermediate device in communication with the hand-held device and the controllable device. The hand-held device is adapted to receive a gesture based input and to transmit a signal having data representative of the gesture based input. The intermediate device has programming for translating the data representative of the gesture based input in a signal received from the hand-held device into a command signal to be communicated to the controllable device wherein the command signal has a format appropriate for controlling an operating function of the controllable device that is associated with the gesture based input.

System and method for appliance control via a personal communication or entertainment device

A system functions to recommend equipment expansions, additions and/or substitutions; interconnections; supplemental capabilities; features; etc. based upon a knowledge of a consumer's existing audio and/or visual system configuration.

System and method for recommending home appliances to a consumer

A hand-held device, such as a remote control, is provided for operation of a consumer appliance and is equipped with one or more biometric sensors to capture and report on the health condition of a user of the hand-held device. The data captured by such a hand-held device may be evaluated locally in the hand-held device itself or may be conveyed to a target consumer appliance either for local evaluation by that consumer appliance or for onward transmission to a central off-site monitoring service.

System and method for non-intrusive health monitoring in the home

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.

System and method for simplified setup of a universal remote control

An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device.

System and method for reconfiguration of an entertainment system controlling device

A controlling device is provided with the ability to present personalized program guide information by using personal preferences provided to a home computing device. The personal preferences are used to filter program guide data received at the home computing device whereby the program guide data will include only programming information for user-specified sources of programming for each of plural, different user-specified periods of time. The filtered program guide data is then downloaded to the controlling device from the home computing device for use in connection with an application of the controlling device that functions to display program guide information within a display of the controlling device.

System and method for presenting program guide information in an electronic portable device

A programming access device such as, for example, a cable or satellite set top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), a personal computer, and/or a digital media receivers automatically optimizes an order of content choices presented in a content listing, such as a program guide display, favorite channel display, and/or a recording listing display based on the past viewing and/or recording history of a current user.

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Mission Viejo, CA, United States of America

Patrick H Hayes