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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2022
Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Michael Courtney, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Jeremy Mickelsen, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Khanh Nguyen, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Haiming Huang, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Jan van Ee, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Lokanath Penukonda, Irvine, CA (US);
Jesus Perez, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A radio frequency connection between a controlling device and a one of a plurality of controllable appliances in an environment is used to determine when the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances. When it is determined that the controlling device is pointing more towards the one of the plurality of controllable appliances relative to remaining ones of the plurality of controllable appliances, the controlling device automatically makes active a command codeset usable to transmit commands to command functional operations of the one of the plurality of controllable appliances.