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：US20170289628A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15624951

申请日：2017-06-16

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Ramaiah Satish

IPC: H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/442

CPC classification number: H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/42227 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/466

Abstract: A consumer electronic device tracks the current channel to which the electronic consumer device is tuned. The consumer electronic device determines an amount of time that the current channel remains unchanged. Based at least in part on this amount of time, the consumer electronic device determines whether the current channel should be stored as a favorite channel. When the consumer electronic device subsequently receives a favorite channel command, the consumer electronic device is caused to tune to the favorite channel that is currently stored in memory. Changing user preferences are thus automatically accommodated without manual intervention, resulting in an effortless user interface.

公开(公告)号：US20170289484A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15626357

申请日：2017-06-19

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Ramzi Ammari ,  Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Graham Williams

IPC: H04N5/44 ,  G08C23/04 ,  H04B1/20 ,  H04N5/60 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/436 ,  G08C17/02

CPC classification number: H04N5/4403 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C23/04 ,  G08C2201/40 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  H04B1/205 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/2827 ,  H04L2012/2841 ,  H04L2012/2849 ,  H04N5/60 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4222 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N2005/4426 ,  H04N2005/4435 ,  H04N2005/4442

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.

公开(公告)号：US20170270781A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15452331

申请日：2017-03-07

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Dan N. McKay ,  Raymond O. Chock

IPC: G08C23/04

Abstract: A set top box receives from a remote control device one or more of a codeset identifier, data indicative of a brand and model for a consumer electronic device, and remote control diagnostic information. The set top box then causes information representative of the received codeset identifier, data indicative of a brand and model for a consumer electronic device, and remote control diagnostic information to be displayed in a display device associated with the set top box.

公开(公告)号：US09749694B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-29

申请号：US15002793

申请日：2016-01-21

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Paul D. Arling ,  Christopher Chambers ,  Wayne Scott ,  Mark Momot

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/6332 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/854

CPC classification number: H04N21/47202 ,  H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/282 ,  H04N21/25858 ,  H04N21/25866 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4131 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04N21/43615 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4432 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6332 ,  H04N21/647 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/818 ,  H04N21/85406

Abstract: A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances.

公开(公告)号：US20170150084A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15426297

申请日：2017-02-07

Applicant: Universal Electronics Inc.

Inventor： George Vergis ,  Sunilkumar Mankame

IPC: H04N5/44 ,  G08C19/36 ,  G08C17/02 ,  H04N21/422

CPC classification number: H04N5/4403 ,  G08C17/02 ,  G08C19/28 ,  G08C19/36 ,  G08C2201/20 ,  H04N21/42225

Abstract: A codeset having function-code combinations is provisioned on a controlling device to control functions of an intended target device. Input is provided to the controlling device which designates a function to be controlled on the intended target device. From a plurality of codes that are each associated with the designated function in a database stored in a memory of the controlling device a first code that is determined to be valid for use in controlling the designated function on the intended target device is selected. When the codeset is then provisioned on the controlling device, the provisioned codeset includes as a function-code combination thereof the designated function and the first code.

公开(公告)号：US09641785B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US15180188

申请日：2016-06-13

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Brian Barnett ,  Arsham Hatambeiki ,  Rex Xu ,  Jesus Perez

IPC: H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N5/775

CPC classification number: H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N21/42216 ,  H04N21/42227 ,  H04N21/43635 ,  H04N21/4424 ,  H04N21/4516 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N2005/4407 ,  H04N2005/4412 ,  H04N2005/4426 ,  H04N2005/4439

Abstract: A controlling device is automatically configured to issue a communication directly to a first controllable appliance to control a functional operation of the first controllable appliance in the event that the first controllable appliance is determined to be unresponsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link or to issue a communication to a second controllable appliance to control the functional operation of the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link in the event that first controllable appliance is determined to be responsive to a command communication transmitted to the first controllable appliance via a digital communications link.

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：US09558141B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-31

申请号：US14283595

申请日：2014-05-21

Applicant: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Nicholas Kalayjian ,  David Isbister ,  Michael Hirsch

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/60 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/418 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  G06F13/36 ,  H04N5/44

CPC classification number: G06F3/0481 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  G06F3/0227 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06F13/36 ,  G06F13/4068 ,  H04N5/4403 ,  H04N5/44513 ,  H04N5/602 ,  H04N21/4122 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/414 ,  H04N21/4184 ,  H04N21/42206 ,  H04N21/42207 ,  H04N21/42221 ,  H04N21/42226 ,  H04N21/43632

Abstract: An adapter provides a link between a digital media player having a memory on which is stored digital media files, a display device, and a remote control. The adapter receives from the digital media player data which is used to generate a representation of a user interface which is provided to the display device for display. The adapter also receives from the remote control data for use in generating commands for controlling operations of the digital media player whereby a change in state of the digital media player resulting from a performance of an operation caused by the remote control will be reflected in the user interface on the display device.

Abstract translation: 适配器提供具有存储在其上的数字媒体文件的数字媒体播放器，显示设备和遥控器之间的链接。 适配器从数字媒体播放器接收用于生成提供给显示装置以进行显示的用户界面的表示的数据。 适配器还从远程控制数据接收用于产生用于控制数字媒体播放器的操作的命令，从而由执行由遥控器引起的操作导致的数字媒体播放器的状态的改变将反映在用户中 接口在显示设备上。