Patent ID: 8098140
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06F,G08C,H04B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a command set for use in a remote control, comprising: receiving user input at a computer that functions to specify a type of a consumer electronic device and a brand of the consumer electronic device; using the user input at the computer to select a plurality of command sets that have been identified as being candidates for commanding operations of the specified type of the consumer electronic device and the specified brand of the consumer electronic device; causing at least a subset of each of the plurality of selected command sets to be downloaded from the computer into the remote control whereby a user may interact with the remote control to determine by experimentation which one of the plurality of command sets is appropriate for commanding operations of the specified type of the consumer electronic device and the specified brand of the consumer electronic device; displaying to the user a key layout for the remote control and a list of functions from the command set appropriate for commanding operations of the specified type of the consumer electronic device and the specified brand of the consumer electronic device and accepting user input to assign functions from the list of functions to the key layout, assignments of functions to the key layout being downloadable from the computer to the remote control to thereby configure the remote control to command operations of the specified type of the consumer electronic device and the specified brand of consumer electronic device; and displaying an amount of memory needed in the remote control to download from the computer to the remote control assignments of functions to the key layout.