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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Lino Antony Pucci, Wellesley Hills, MA (US);
Douglas Jeans Cunningham, II, Groton, MA (US);
John D. Joyce, Canton, MA (US);
Brian Robert White, Hudson, MA (US);
Paul William Larsen, Watertown, MA (US);
BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various implementations include approaches for controlling content via a playback device. In a particular implementation, a remote control device includes: a keypad having a set of actuatable buttons for controlling a playback device; and a control module, where the remote control device is operable in a plurality of different operating states, and where the control module is configured to highlight one or more distinct subsets of the set of actuatable buttons at the keypad based upon a current operating state of the remote control device.