Patent ID: 7119710
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G08C,H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a user interface of a universal remote control adapted to communicate commands to a target device, the method comprising: receiving into the universal remote control first data which specifies a type for a target device to be controlled using the universal remote control; using at least the first data to select a command set from a library of command sets stored within the universal remote control to be used for controlling functions of the target device; receiving into the universal remote control second data transmitted from the target device which specifies a function of the target device to be controlled using the universal remote control; selecting from a set of command key indicia stored within the universal remote control prior to any communications with the target device a command key indicia where the selected command key indicia has been mapped within the universal remote control to the type of the target device specified by the first data and to the function of the target device to be controlled specified by the second data; and causing the selected command key indicia to be displayed on the universal remote control in association with a command key actuatable to communicate one or more commands selected from the selected command set to the target device to control the function supported by the target device that is represented by the second data.