Patent ID: 9250932
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: configuring a programmable multimedia controller to interface with and control one or more audio, video, telephony or heating ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) devices; obtaining, by a first mobile device in communication with the programmable multimedia controller, a first copy of a sharable device configuration, the sharable device configuration including data for rendering a user interface usable to control the programmable multimedia controller, the first mobile device being of a type of devices; storing the first copy of the sharable device configuration on the first mobile device, storage on the first mobile device to cause the first mobile device to be considered a master device with respect to other devices of a same type; and obtaining, by a second mobile device of the same type, a second copy of the sharable device configuration for use on the second mobile device from the master device such that copies of the sharable device configuration are shared among mobile devices of the same type.