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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Logitech Europe S.a., Lausanne, CH;
Gareth Selfe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wei Jiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher Coley, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
Systems and methods utilize a smart control hub and a relatively 'dumb' remote control device that receives display information from the control hub. The remote control communicates simplified commands that are interpreted by the control hub, and translated into commands that are transmitted by the control hub to devices being controlled. Various display pages, or menus of options, may be fed to the remote control and displayed and/or updated on the remote control. A user can navigate the various pages to control various devices using a limited number of buttons and/or a limited reconfigurable input surface. The pages may be updated, for example, to reflect current state information for devices, e.g. on/off, percent power, etc., or to change available commands, e.g. alternating between 'on' and “off”, “pause” and “play”, etc.