Patent ID: 11949938
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
transmitting, by a controller device, a network code configured to add the controller device to control, via user interface elements on a display of the controller device, one or more accessories of various types that are wirelessly connected to a network computing device;
receiving, by the controller device, a first message configured to register the controller device to receive configuration information from the network computing device;
receiving, by the controller device, a second message comprising the configuration information for the controller device, the configuration information associating a function of one of the one or more accessories with an associated user interface element of the user interface elements on the display;
receiving, by the controller device, an authorization for the controller device to control the one or more accessories of various types that are wirelessly connected to the network computing device, the controller device being programmed such that a command from the controller device is configured to instruct each of a same type of accessory connected to the network computing device to perform a related function;
receiving, by the controller device, an input from a selected user interface element on the controller device; and
transmitting, by the controller device, the command to one of the one or more accessories via the network computing device to perform the related function associated with the selected user interface element.