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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1997
Griffith W Kadnier, Edmonds, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for the detection of user-selected remote control commands from virtually any appliance remote control includes a hardware processor with self-clocking circuit to detect and sample an incoming data stream. The data are error-corrected and compressed to eliminate errors caused by ambient noise. The error-corrected data can be used to remotely control an appliance or computer. In a learn mode, the user enters a user-selected remote control button sequence which is detected, error-corrected, compressed, and stored. The user then designates a computer command to be associated with the user-selected remote control button sequence. A command storage area, such as a conventional database, stores the user-designated command in association with the user-selected remote control button sequence. In an execute mode, the system detects the user-entered remote control button sequence and performs the user-designated action.