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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
May. 19, 2022
Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Joseph Lee Haughawout, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Arsham Hatambeiki, Irvine, CA (US);
Paul Ogaz, Cypress, CA (US);
Jeffrey Kohanek, Westminster, CA (US);
Patrick H. Hayes, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for enabling set up of a controlling device capable of controlling a plurality of appliances provides an interactive instruction set and associated programming which is downloadable to a controllable appliance having an associated display, such as an Internet enabled television. The programming is accessible by the controllable appliance and is configured to appropriately display interactive instructions from the interactive instruction set to a user during a user initiated set up procedure for setting up the controlling device to communicate commands to another controllable device (e.g., a DVD, VCR, DVR, etc).