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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2023
Applicant:

Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Brian Barnett, Oakland, CA (US);

Arsham Hatambeiki, San Diego, CA (US);

Rex Xu, Tustin, CA (US);

Jesus Perez, Costa Mesa, CA (US);

Assignee:

Universal Electronics Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 5/775 (2013.01); H04N 21/42216 (2013.01); H04N 21/42227 (2013.01); H04N 21/43635 (2013.01); H04N 21/4424 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04N 21/4221 (2013.01); H04N 21/42221 (2013.01);
Abstract

A controlling device is automatically configured to issue a communication directly to a first controllable appliance to control a functional operation of the first controllable appliance in the event that the first controllable appliance is determined to be unresponsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link or to issue a communication to a second controllable appliance to control the functional operation of the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link in the event that first controllable appliance is determined to be responsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link.


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