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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Universal Electronics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Marcel Hilbrink, Singapore, SG;
Rex Xu, Tustin, CA (US);
Cesar Alvarado, Orange, CA (US);
Paul D. Arling, Irvine, CA (US);
Patrick H. Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
A smart device is provided with a main remote control application that may be configured using information. The main remote control application may present images of original remote controls corresponding to devices which are controllable by the configured main remote control application. In connection with a presented image of an original remote control, the display may present icons that are representative of a subset of the buttons of the original remote control. The user interface also allows a user to select amongst the images of the original remote controls to change which appliances are to be controlled via the user interface. A pop-up remote control widget may also be provided which may be invoked without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device.