Patent ID: 9406223
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G08C,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for configuring a controlling device to control operations of a controllable device, comprising: using data indicative of a geographic location in which the controlling device is to be used to provide each of a plurality of input elements of a graphical user interface of the controlling device with indicia representative of a source of media, to assign to each of the plurality of input elements of the graphical user interface a sequence of command codes transmittable to cause the controllable appliance to tune to a source of media, and to configure the controlling device to use a transmission format recognizable by the controllable appliance; and in response to a detected activation of a one of the plurality of input elements, causing the controlling device to transmit the sequence of command codes assigned to the activated one of the plurality of input elements using the transmission format recognizable by the controllable appliance to thereby cause the controllable appliance to tune to a source of media corresponding to the indicia provided to the activated one of the plurality of input elements.