Patent ID: 9401084
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G05B,G08C,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for assisting use of control devices with different electronic devices, the method comprising: determining, utilizing a control device, that an acknowledgement is not received in response to at least one command transmitted by the control device to a first electronic device which the control device is configured to control; broadcasting at least one discovery message, utilizing the control device, to all electronic devices that are within range of at least one signal utilized to transmit the at least one discovery message and are operable to be controlled by the control device; receiving, utilizing the control device, at least one response to the at least one discovery message from a second electronic device that received the at least one discovery message and at least one proximity signal transmitted by the control device, wherein the at least one response to the at least one discovery message comprises pairing information about the second electronic device; and configuring the control device to control the second electronic device utilizing information included in the at least one response by unpairing the control device from the first electronic device and pairing the control device with the second electronic device utilizing the pairing information about the second electronic device included in the at least one response.