Patent ID: 9679470
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04N

Claim:
1. A remote control method, comprising: receiving, by a server of a multimedia service provider, camera data from a mobile device that includes a camera having an optical sensor sensitive to non-visible light frequencies, wherein the camera data includes visible data, indicative of visible light frequencies reflected from a remote-controlled device, and non-visible data indicative of non-visible light frequencies reflected from the remote-controlled device; determining a multimedia network account based on an identifier of the mobile device; determining a network identity of a multimedia handling device associated with the account wherein the multimedia handling device comprises a set top box configured to decode encrypted content received from the multimedia service provider via an access network of the multimedia service provider; identifying the remote-controlled device based on non-visible light frequencies reflected by a non-visible digital mark wherein the non-visible digital mark comprises an optically responsive feature located on a surface of the remote-controlled device, wherein the optically response feature is not evident in visible light but becomes apparent using non-visible light; retrieving programming codes for the remote-controlled device; and sending, by the server, the programming codes to the set top box via a residential gateway coupled between the set top box and the access network, wherein an identity of the set top box is determined based on a multimedia service provider account associated with the user; sending a remote control configuration instruction via the access network to the set top box wherein the set top box is configured to respond to receipt of the remote control configuration instruction by: