Patent ID: 9489835
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G08C,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a first device having a first memory device having stored thereon a first set of instructions; and a second device having a second memory device having stored thereon a second set of instructions cooperable with the first set of instructions; wherein the second set of instructions, when executed by the second device, cause the second device to automatically progress through a plurality of setup procedure steps in response to each of the plurality of communications received from the first device that have been transmitted from the first device to the second device using a communications format that is recognizable by the second device and wherein each of the plurality of setup procedure steps of the second set of instructions function to direct an execution of a plurality of setup procedure steps of the first set of instructions by the first device for the purpose of identifying an appliance type and to select a one of a plurality of command code sets stored in the memory of the first device for use by the first device when the first device is placed into an operating mode for controlling functional operations of a controllable appliance of the identified appliance type.