Patent ID: 11936943
Assignee: UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A controllable appliance, comprising:
a processing device;
a first interface coupled to the processing device for at least receiving communications from a remote control device;
a second interface couple to the processing device for at least transmitting communications to a remote server device; and
a memory having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the processing device, causing the controllable appliance to perform steps to determine an inoperable state of the remote control device, the steps comprising: a) causing a timed interval having a predetermined duration to be measured by the controllable appliance; b) determining when a wireless notification signal has been received from the remote control device via the first interface during the timed interval; and c) when it is determined that the wireless notification signal is received during the timed interval signal, repeating steps a) and b) otherwise causing a status notification to be issued via the second interface to the remote server device, the status notification indicating to the remote server device that the controlling device is in the inoperable state.