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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Universal Electronics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Lee Haughawout, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Patrick H. Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Universal Electronics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G08C 19/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/6547 (2011.01); G08C 19/28 (2006.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 19/00 (2013.01); G08C 19/28 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 5/445 (2013.01); H04N 21/4221 (2013.01); H04N 21/42221 (2013.01); H04N 21/42225 (2013.01); H04N 21/42226 (2013.01); H04N 21/433 (2013.01); H04N 21/6547 (2013.01); G08C 2201/20 (2013.01); G08C 2201/30 (2013.01); G08C 2201/92 (2013.01); H04N 21/26291 (2013.01); H04N 21/42227 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4435 (2013.01);
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.