Patent ID: 9530308
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F,G08C,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for configuring a controlling device comprising a remote control setup app to enable the controlling device to command functional operations of a first appliance, said first appliance and a second appliance being separately connected to a controllable device, wherein said second appliance and said controllable device being already enabled to be communicatively controlled by the controlling device, the method comprising: receiving via communication with the controllable device, by the controlling device, data indicative of at least a type for the second appliance, wherein the data indicative of at least a type for the second appliance is indicative of a logical address of the second appliance; responsive to said receiving, automatically causing the controlling device to provide to a server device in communication with the controlling device the data indicative of at least a type for the second appliance, whereupon the server device uses the data indicative of at least a type for the second appliance to determine a remaining possible type for the first appliance, wherein the remaining possible type for the first appliance is exclusive of the type for the second appliance, and the server device using at least the determined remaining possible type for the first appliance to locate, according to appliance type match, at least one appliance record within a database having a plurality of appliance records, wherein each of the plurality of appliance records within the database is cross-referenced by type to a particular appliance of an appliance type and a codeset for use in configuring a particular controlling device to command functional operations of the particular appliance; and configuring the remote control setup app of the controlling device with a codeset cross-referenced to the located at least one of the plurality of appliance records to enable the controlling device to command functional operations of the first appliance.