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

Claim 14:
15. A controller device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
transmit 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;
receive a first message configured to register the controller device to receive configuration information from the network computing device;
receive a second message comprising the configuration information for the controller device, the configuration information associating a function of the network computing device with the user interface element for the controller device;
receive 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;
receive an input from a selected user interface element on the controller device; and
transmit 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.