Patent ID: 9088748
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G08C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a hand-held, portable device having a library of remote control commands for remotely controlling functional operations of a plurality of different appliances; and a docking station adapted to releasably receive the hand-held, portable device having an address readable by the hand-held, portable device when the hand-held, portable device is received within the docking station; wherein the hand-held, portable device comprises programming which uses the address of the docking station to cause the hand-held, portable device to automatically configure itself to use command formats and sequences appropriate for remotely commanding functional operations of the plurality of appliances wherein the command formats and sequences comprise those remote control commands within the library of remote control commands of the hand-held, portable controlling device that are appropriate for remotely commanding functional operations of the plurality of appliances that have been pre-associated within the hand-held, portable device with the address of the docking station.