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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Universal Electronics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul D. Arling, Irvine, CA (US);
Ramzi Ammari, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Arsham Hatambeiki, Irvine, CA (US);
Graham Williams, Corona Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
Universal Electronics Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 11/01 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/20 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01); H04B 1/205 (2013.01); H04N 5/60 (2013.01); H04N 21/4222 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); G08C 2201/40 (2013.01); G08C 2201/92 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4426 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4435 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4442 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device receives a request from a controlling device, such as a remote control, smart phone, or the like, where the request is intended to have one or more target devices perform one or more functional operations. The device responds to the request by applying the optimum methodology to propagate one or more commands to each intended target appliance to cause each intended target appliance to perform the intended one or more functional operations.