Patent ID: 9036996
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G08C,H04B

Abstract:
1. An infrared dongle for communicating with one or more consumer devices, the infrared dongle comprising: an infrared transmitter to transmit one or more infrared signals to the one or more consumer devices; and a microcontroller coupled to the infrared transmitter to control operation of the infrared transmitter, the microcontroller being in communication with an application installed on a mobile device such that the microcontroller receives one or more instructions from the mobile device, the received one or more instructions being generated from codes stored in a memory of the mobile device, and wherein receiving the one or more instructions includes detection using an edge detector, wherein in response to the microcontroller receiving the one or more instructions from the mobile device, the microcontroller causes the infrared transmitter to transmit the one or more infrared signals to the one or more consumer devices.