Universal Electronics Inc.

Steve LanPing Huang

Patrick H Hayes

Wayne Scott

Cheryl W Scott

Weidong William Wang

Sandro David Klein

Joseph Lee Haughawout

Mauro Dresti

Alex Louie

Han-Sheng Yuh

James N Conway, Jr

Joyce M Presseau

Han-Sheng Yu

Jeremy K Black

Robert P Lilleness

Robert A Campbell

Jonathan Lim

Ingvald Alain Smith-Kielland

William Weidong Wang

James N Conway Jr

Robert Campbell

A hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to displays operational mode information to a user. The graphical user interface may be used, for example, to setup the remote control application to control appliances for one or more users in one or more rooms, to perform activities, and to access favorites. The remote control application is also adapted to be upgradeable. Furthermore, the remote control application provides for the sharing of operational mode information.

User interface for a remote control application

A method for controlling the operation of a plurality of consumer electronic devices by displaying a plurality of broadcast channel identifiers each corresponding to a broadcast channel in a display of a controlling device adapted to command at least channel tuning operations of the plurality of consumer electronic devices. Input is accepted into the controlling device that functions to designate one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers and the controlling device uses the designation of the one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers to cause a transmission of a wireless signal from the controlling device to a one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to thereby cause the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to tune to the broadcast channel corresponding to the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers. A condition associated with at least one of the controlling device and the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers functions to determine the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to which the wireless signal is transmitted.

System and method for interacting with a program guide displayed on a portable electronic device

A system and method for using an RFID tag to automatically setup and configure a universal remote control to command appliances of various types and various manufacturers.

System and method for setting up a universal remote control

A Web server by which a user can request that reminder data, movie guide data, and/or TV guide data be downloaded to a portable electronic device.

System and method for updating information in an electronic portable device

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).

System and method for simplified setup of a universal remote control

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Placentia, CA, United States of America

Steve LanPing Huang