Patent ID: 9633556
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G08C

Claim:
1. A method for adjusting acknowledgement requests for remote control transmissions of a plurality different types based at least on a history of received previous acknowledgements, the method comprising: processing a current instruction of a particular type, utilizing at least one processing unit, to transmit via a remote control device; determining, utilizing the at least one processing unit, whether or not to include a current acknowledgement request in the current instruction based at least on statistics regarding receipt of past acknowledgements transmitted in response to previously transmitted instructions other than the current instruction, wherein the determining step comprises: if said operation of determining determines to include the current acknowledgement request in the current instruction, transmitting, utilizing the remote control device, the current instruction with the current acknowledgement request; and if said operation of determining determines to not include the current acknowledgement request in the current instruction, transmitting, utilizing the remote control device, the current instruction without an acknowledgement request.