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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2013
Applicant:

Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Bryan Yurasits, Levittown, PA (US);

David Mays, Palmyra, NJ (US);

Jonathan Moore, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Assignee:

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for managing device controls are disclosed. One method can comprise determining an orientation of a controller and comparing the orientation of the controller and an activation orientation. If the orientation of the controller substantially matches the activation orientation, a control relationship between the controller and the user device may be automatically activated, and if the orientation of the controller does not substantially match the activation orientation, control options to a user of the controller.


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