Patent ID: 9686496
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method in a remote control device mode notification system, comprising: retrieving, by the remote control device mode notification system, remote control device mode information useful for determining a current mode of a first remote control device; and automatically causing, by the remote control device mode notification system, the current mode of the first remote control device to be presented by a presentation device other than the first remote control device based on the remote control device mode information; receiving, by the remote control device mode notification system, an indication to present the current mode of the first remote control device or receiving the remote control device mode information useful for determining a current mode of first remote control device; and in response to the receiving, performing, by the remote control device mode notification system, the retrieving of the remote control device mode information and the automatically causing of the current mode of the first remote control device to be presented on the presentation device other than the first remote control device; wherein the receiving includes receiving the indication or the remote control device mode information over a consumer electronics communication bus from a device to which the first remote control device sent a command while in the current mode.