Selecting a picture of a device to identify an associated codeset

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9870123
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12148420

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A home entertainment device eliminates the need to use multiple remotes. The device is connected (by wired and/or wireless links) to electronic consumer devices (ECDs) to be controlled. A user uses a portable display device to view pages served by the device, and thereby to communicate with the device and indirectly control the ECDs. In a first aspect, a HDMI-CEC communication is used to identify a codeset from a codeset database. In a second aspect, the codeset of a remote is identified by serving pictures of remotes to the user. The user selects a picture and the system looks up its codeset. In a third aspect, keys on an illustration of a remote are dragged and dropped to create a new custom remote. In a fourth aspect, the user supplies a digital photograph of a remote. The system performs optical recognition and identifies the type of remote and its codeset.

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UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC15147 N SCOTTSDALE RD SUITE H300 SCOTTSDALE AS 85254

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chock, Raymond O San Jose, US 23 351
Pope, Steven M Los Gatos, US 24 687
Sheridan, Norman G Fremont, US 22 381

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