Patent ID: 9047761
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G08C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for using a first application and a second application cooperable with the first application to configure a first smart device to remotely control functional operations of a controllable appliance, the method comprising: receiving at the second application from the first application a plurality of infrared communications; and causing the second application to automatically progress through a plurality of setup procedure steps in response to each of the plurality of infrared communications received from the first application wherein each of the plurality of setup procedure steps of the second application is used to direct execution of a plurality of setup procedure steps of the first application to thereby identify to the first application an appliance type and to setup the first application to use a one of a plurality of command code sets stored in a memory of the first smart device when the first smart device is placed into an operating mode for controlling functional operations of a controllable appliance of the identified appliance type.