Patent ID: 7429932
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying a code set used by a remote control unit for controlling an electronic device, comprising: receiving a transmission, representing a code that identifies a first user input, from the remote control unit, the first user input being one of a plurality of different user inputs having codes that can be transmitted by the remote control unit, each different user input corresponding to a different operation to be performed by the electronic device; comparing the code against a plurality of stored code sets each stored code set having a plurality of stored codes, wherein each of the plurality of stored codes in each stored code set corresponds to one of the different operations to be performed by the electronic device; identifying, as a matching code set, a stored code set having a stored code matching the code received from the remote control unit that identifies the first user input; wherein identifying a stored code set as a matching stored code set further comprises: controlling the electronic device to perform the plurality of different operations based on received codes in the matching code set.