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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2005
Michael D. Masters, Anaheim, CA (US);
Alex Louie, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lily Tsong-chou Knowles, Irvine, CA (US);
Stephen Brian Gates, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Michael D. Masters, Anaheim, CA (US);
Alex Louie, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lily Tsong-Chou Knowles, Irvine, CA (US);
Stephen Brian Gates, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Universal Electronics, Inc., Cypress, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for setting up a user interface of a remote control. The remote control displays a logical group of function keys the activation of which will cause the remote control to transmit a command to a target device and a plurality of indicators representative of devices. A user input functions to select one of the plurality of indicators and the device represented by the selected indicator is assigned as the target device for the logical group of function keys.