公开(公告)号：US10154307B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US15431930

申请日：2017-02-14

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Gerben Meijer ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04H60/32 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/214 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/422

Abstract: A system and method for using a controllable appliance to report an inoperable state of a controlling device. The appliance is caused to repeatedly determine, at a first predetermined timed interval, if a wireless notification signal, repeatedly transmitted by the controlling device at a second predetermined timed interval, has been received from the controlling device. When the wireless notification signal has not been received from the controlling device within the first predetermined timed interval, the appliance is caused to issue a status notification that the controlling device is in an inoperable state.

公开(公告)号：US10097877B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US15786852

申请日：2017-10-18

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04L12/28

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：US20180165949A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15891100

申请日：2018-02-07

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Joseph Lee Haughawout ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  G08C19/28 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G08C19/00 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/485

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  G08C19/00 ,  G08C19/28 ,  G08C2201/20 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/26291 ,  H04N21/4221 ,  H04N21/42221 ,  H04N21/42225 ,  H04N21/42226 ,  H04N21/42227 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N2005/4435

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. Appropriate set up data, generally in the form of command library codes, is displayed to the user by the interactive instruction set and associated programming for entry and trial by the user in set up of the desired appliance(s).

公开(公告)号：US09826266B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-21

申请号：US14167619

申请日：2014-01-29

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08B21/00 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/4363

CPC classification number: H04N21/42225 ,  H04L12/2809 ,  H04L12/281 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/44582 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4221 ,  H04N21/42228 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/43632 ,  H04N21/44227 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/4852 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N2005/4407

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：US09804757B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-31

申请号：US14628610

申请日：2015-02-23

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Marcel Hilbrink ,  Rex Xu ,  Cesar Alvarado ,  Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06F3/0482

CPC classification number: G06F3/04842 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4223 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/8173

Abstract: A smart device is provided with a main remote control application that may be configured using information obtained from a QR code. The main remote control application may present images of original remote controls corresponding to devices which are controllable by the configured main remote control application. In connection with a presented image of an original remote control, the display may present icons that are representative of a subset of the buttons of the original remote control. The user interface also allows a user to select amongst the images of the original remote controls to change which appliances are to be controlled via the user interface. A pop-up remote control widget may also be provided which may be invoked without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device.

公开(公告)号：US09558654B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-31

申请号：US14269818

申请日：2014-05-05

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes ,  Arsham Hatambeiki

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G08C19/28

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  G06F17/30477 ,  G08C19/28 ,  G08C2201/20 ,  G08C2201/21 ,  G08C2201/30 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  G08C2201/93 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N21/4108 ,  H04N21/42207 ,  H04N21/4222 ,  H04N21/42225 ,  H04N21/42226 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8186 ,  H04N2005/4435

Abstract: A system and method used to configure a smart device to command functional operations of a target appliance. The smart device retrieves from a controllable appliance, such as a settop box, data indicative of a codeset identity of the target appliance wherein the codeset identity was determined during a process used to configure a conventional universal remote control to command functional operations of the target appliance and wherein the process used to configure the conventional universal remote control is performed in cooperation with the controllable appliance. A remote control application resident on the smart device then uses the data indicative of the codeset identity retrieved from the controllable appliance to also configure the smart device to command functional operations of the target appliance.

Abstract translation: 用于配置智能设备以命令目标设备的功能操作的系统和方法。 智能设备从诸如机顶盒的可控设备检索指示目标设备的代码集标识的数据，其中在用于配置常规通用遥控器的过程中确定代码集标识以指示目标设备的功能操作 并且其中用于配置常规通用遥控器的过程是与可控制的设备协同进行的。 驻留在智能设备上的远程控制应用然后使用指示从可控设备检索的代码集标识的数据也配置智能设备来命令目标设备的功能操作。

公开(公告)号：US09477402B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-25

申请号：US13887992

申请日：2013-05-06

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Jeffrey Kohanek ,  Pamela Eichler Keiles ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/422 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0487

CPC classification number: G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N21/42222 ,  H04N21/42224 ,  H04N2005/4426 ,  H04N2005/4428 ,  H04N2005/443

Abstract: A portable electronic device having an input device for receiving a gesture based input from a user is used to control a navigation operation of an appliance. The portable electronic device receives via the input device the gesture based input and uses one or more parameters stored in a memory of the portable electronic device and one or more characteristics associated with the gesture based input to cause the portable electronic device to transmit a navigation step command to thereby control the navigation operation of the appliance.

公开(公告)号：US09437102B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-06

申请号：US14184325

申请日：2014-02-19

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: G08C17/02 ,  G08C19/28

CPC classification number: G08C17/02 ,  G08C19/28 ,  G08C2201/21 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  G08C2201/93

Abstract: A system and method used to configure a smart device to command functional operations of a target appliance. The smart device retrieves from a controllable appliance, such as a settop box, data indicative of a codeset identity of the target appliance wherein the codeset identity was determined during a process used to configure a conventional universal remote control to command functional operations of the target appliance and wherein the process used to configure the conventional universal remote control is performed in cooperation with the controllable appliance. A remote control application resident on the smart device then uses the data indicative of the codeset identity retrieved from the controllable appliance to also configure the smart device to command functional operations of the target appliance.

公开(公告)号：US20160165295A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-09

申请号：US15040124

申请日：2016-02-10

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy Black ,  Patrick H. Hayes

IPC: H04N21/422

CPC classification number: H04N21/4222 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L2012/2841 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04M1/72533 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N21/42209 ,  H04N21/42221 ,  H04N21/42225 ,  H04N21/42226 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N2005/4425

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：US09317021B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-19

申请号：US13897528

申请日：2013-05-20

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Han-Sheng Yuh ,  Weidong William Wang ,  Patrick H. Hayes ,  James N. Conway, Jr.

IPC: G05B13/02 ,  G06F9/445 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F15/177

CPC classification number: G05B13/02 ,  G06F8/65 ,  G06F9/44505 ,  G06F15/177 ,  H04L67/10

Abstract: A system and method for upgrading a remote control application resident on a device. Information identifying a controllable appliance is caused to be uploaded to a remote server device and the uploaded information is used to automatically display user-selectable, downloadable data files relevant to the control of the controllable appliance. Downloaded data files, which may include command codes and/or graphical user interface elements, may be used within the device to upgrade the ability of the remote control application to communicate with the controllable appliance. The information uploaded to the server may also be used to generate demographic data regarding consumer preferences.

Abstract translation: 一种用于升级驻留在设备上的远程控制应用程序的系统和方法。 导致识别可控制设备的信息被上传到远程服务器设备，并且上传的信息被用于自动显示与可控制设备的控制相关的用户可选择的可下载数据文件。 可以在设备内使用下载的数据文件，其可以包括命令代码和/或图形用户界面元素，以升级遥控应用程序与可控制设备通信的能力。 上传到服务器的信息也可以用于生成关于消费者偏好的人口统计数据。