Patent ID: 9632746
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for adjusting volume levels of home automation devices associated with a television receiver and a remote control, comprising: receiving, by the television receiver connected to a home automation network, a user input indicative of triggering a remote find operation to locate the remote control; in response to the user input, sending, by the television receiver, a remote find instruction to the remote control, wherein the remote find instruction triggers the remote control to emit a sound; determining one or more characteristics associated with each of a set of home automation devices on the home automation network, wherein the one or more characteristics are tied to a nature of operation of the home automation devices; determining, based on the characteristics associated with the set of home automation devices, a first subset of the set of home automation devices; transmitting, by the television receiver, a first quiet instruction to the first subset of home automation devices, wherein the first quiet instruction initiates a muting of the first subset of home automation devices while the remote control is emitting the sound as a part of the remote find operation; determining, based on the characteristics associated with the set of home automation devices, a second subset of the set of home automation devices, wherein volumes of sound emitting from the home automation devices in the second subset are each compared to a threshold volume; and transmitting, by the television receiver, a second quiet instruction to the second subset of home automation devices based on the comparison, wherein the second quiet instruction initiates a lowering of a volume level of the second subset of home automation devices while the remote control is emitting the sound as a part of the remote find operation.