Patent ID: 7562128
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G08C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for automatically programming a remote control to control multiple consumer electronic (CE) devices, comprising: a client-side set-top box (STB) that connects to the Internet; a server-side dedicated server that connects to the Internet and communicates thereby with the STB; a remote control in wireless communication with the STB and having a dedicated programming button that, when depressed, initiates a connection over the internet, via the STB, with the dedicated server; and a user interface on which remote control programming instructions are presented to a user of the remote control; wherein the user enters information related to identified CE devices that the user wishes to control via the remote, the information is transmitted wirelessly to the STB, which transmits the information to the dedicated server via the Internet; wherein STB receives control codes via the Internet for the identified CE devices and transmits the control codes wirelessly to the remote control; wherein the remote control programs itself to control the identified CE devices using the control codes; and wherein the remote control is pre-programmed to communicate with the STB.