公开(公告)号：US20230059915A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17977685

申请日：2022-10-31

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/4363

Abstract: An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device.

公开(公告)号：US20220329897A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17853435

申请日：2022-06-29

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy Black ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04M1/72415

Abstract: A slave relay station is adapted to serve and/or host pages comprising a simplified graphic user interface (GUI) encoded in a widely recognized format such as, for example, HTML, or WML. The GUI embodies activatable links corresponding to control functions for configured appliances. A wireless phone or other device with network access and the capability to process and present such pages, for example via a Web browser, may then be utilized to effect control of such appliances by simply navigating to the network address of the slave relay station, obtaining an appropriate GUI page, and interacting with the links.

公开(公告)号：US20220139208A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17512261

申请日：2021-10-27

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Joseph Lee Haughawout ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  G08C19/00 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  G08C19/28

Abstract: A system and method for enabling set up of a controlling device capable of controlling a plurality of appliances, via an interactive instruction set and associated programming. The programming is accessible by a STB or other controllable appliance and is configured to appropriately display interactive instructions and prompts to a user during a user initiated set up procedure for configuration of another controllable device (e.g., DVD, VCR, DVR, etc) available to the user.

公开(公告)号：US20220103909A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17546623

申请日：2021-12-09

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/4415 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/4143

Abstract: A programming access device such as, for example, a cable or satellite set top box (STB), a digital video recorder (DVR), a personal computer, and/or a digital media receivers automatically optimizes an order of or filters content choices presented in a content listing, such as a program guide display, favorite channel display, and/or a recording listing display based on the past viewing and/or recording history of a current user or group of users.

公开(公告)号：US11252463B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US17173700

申请日：2021-02-11

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/4363

Abstract: An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device.

公开(公告)号：US11190852B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16857392

申请日：2020-04-24

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04H60/72 ,  H04H60/80 ,  H04H60/82 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04H60/65

Abstract: A controlling device is provided with the ability to present personalized program guide information by using personal preferences provided to a home computing device. The personal preferences are used to filter program guide data received at the home computing device whereby the program guide data will include only programming information for user-specified sources of programming for each of plural, different user-specified periods of time. The filtered program guide data is then downloaded to the controlling device from the home computing device for use in connection with an application of the controlling device that functions to display program guide information within a display of the controlling device.

公开(公告)号：US11102538B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16825458

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy Black ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/422 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04M1/72415

Abstract: A slave relay station is adapted to serve and/or host pages comprising a simplified graphic user interface (GUI) encoded in a widely recognized format such as, for example, HTML or WML. The GUI embodies activatable links corresponding to control functions for configured appliances. A wireless phone or other device with network access and the capability to process and present such pages, for example via a Web browser, may then be utilized to effect control of such appliances by simply navigating to the network address of the slave relay station, obtaining an appropriate GUI page, and interacting with the links.

公开(公告)号：US11076196B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16584088

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08B17/10 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/4363

Abstract: An entertainment device initiates a configuration process of a controlling device in response to a change in an audio visual entertainment system configuration in which at least one of a plurality devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source and at least one of the plurality of devices is connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device.

公开(公告)号：US11032600B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16592503

申请日：2019-10-03

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Joseph Lee Haughawout ,  Mauro Dresti ,  Sandro David Klein ,  Alex Louie ,  Han-Sheng Yu ,  Steve LanPing Huang ,  Patrick H. Hayes ,  Weidong William Wang

IPC: H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04B1/20 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G09B29/10 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/47

Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of a plurality of consumer electronic devices by displaying a plurality of broadcast channel identifiers each corresponding to a broadcast channel in a display of a controlling device adapted to command at least channel tuning operations of the plurality of consumer electronic devices. Input is accepted into the controlling device that functions to designate one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers and the controlling device uses the designation of the one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers to cause a transmission of a wireless signal from the controlling device to a one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to thereby cause the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to tune to the broadcast channel corresponding to the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers. A condition associated with at least one of the controlling device and the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers functions to determine the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to which the wireless signal is transmitted.

公开(公告)号：US20200273322A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16820195

申请日：2020-03-16

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Brandt J. Thompson ,  Jon Gallegos ,  Jason L. Godwin ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08C19/28 ,  G08C17/00 ,  G08C23/04 ,  H04N21/422

Abstract: A system and method wherein geographic data is used to configure a controlling device to control operations of a target device and/or to configure the controlling device to control tuning operations of a target device. The system additionally provides for the harmonization of controlling device configurations made on the controlling device and/or a remote computer.