Patent ID: 11943622
Assignee: DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A remote control unit, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a communications module coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
for each command sent from the remote control unit via the communications module, send a code unique to and associated with a pairing of the remote control unit to a first device controlled by the remote control unit, the code sent via a wireless medium different than a wireless medium over which the pairing occurs;
pair with a second device in response to the second device receiving the code unique to and associated with a pairing of the remote control unit to the first device, wherein the pairing includes:
the remote control unit receiving a request from the second device to pair with the second device based on the code unique to and associated with the pairing of the remote control unit to a first device not matching a code previously stored by the second device; and
completing pairing to the second device automatically in response to the request;

unpair the remote control unit to the first device; and
after unpairing the remote control unit to the first device, for each command sent from the remote control unit via the communications module, send a code unique to and associated with the pairing of the remote control unit to the second device.