Patent ID: 8411210
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a remote control device, the method comprising: receiving a set of remote control codes via a broadcast television programming signal independent of any requests to a source of the broadcast television programming signal, wherein each of the set of remote control codes is associated with a different one of a plurality of different component types; storing, within a television receiver, the received set of remote control codes; presenting a component-selection user interface; receiving a target component type selected from the plurality of different component types using the component-selection user interface; determining, from the set of remote control codes, a target remote control code associated with the target component type; establishing a bi-directional data communication link between the remote control device and the television receiver, wherein the bi-directional data communication link includes a wireless protocol capable of forming a mesh network; and transmitting the target remote control code to the remote control device via the bi-directional data communication link.