Patent ID: 9326021
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for using an entertainment device to reconfigure a controlling device used to command operations of an audio visual entertainment system in an activity control mode of the controlling device in which a first device connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual source is intended to be controlled by the controlling device via interactions with a first set of input elements of the controlling device and a second device connected to the entertainment device as an audio and/or visual output destination for the entertainment device is intended to be controlled by the controlling device via interactions with a second set of input elements of the controlling device distinct from the first set of input elements, the method comprising: receiving at the entertainment device a transmission from the controlling device having data which is indicative of the controlling device having been placed into the activity control mode of the controlling device; in response to the transmission, causing the entertainment device to determine if either the first device or the second device has been replaced with a third device; in response to the entertainment device determining that either the first device or the second device has been replaced with a third device, causing the entertainment device to obtain data which identifies the third device; using the obtained data to identify a command code set that is usable by the controlling device to command functional operations of the third device; and causing the controlling device to automatically map one or more commands from the identified command code set to the first set of input elements when the first device has been replaced by the third device or to the second set of input elements when the second device has been replaced by the third device.