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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Paul D. Arling, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/241 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/441 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/241 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/4222 (2013.01); H04N 21/441 (2013.01); H04N 21/443 (2013.01); H04N 21/8186 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method uses a first device fingerprint for a set-top box (STB) installed within a home theater environment which includes an over-the-top (OTT) device to cause a one a plurality of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) remote control setup procedures to be selected for use to configure an OEM remote control for the STB and the selected one of the plurality of OEM remote control setup procedures uses a second device fingerprint for the OTT device to cause the OEM remote control to be configured to transmit one or more commands to control functional operations of the OTT device.