Patent ID: 8896426
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a universal remote control device comprising: displaying a plurality of images on a display monitor, wherein each image of the plurality of images is an image of a corresponding respective one of a plurality of different devices, wherein each of the plurality of different devices is taken from the group consisting of: an electronic consumer device, and a remote control device usable to control an electronic consumer device, and wherein the plurality of images is displayed on the display monitor in a prioritized order based on a determined market popularity of the corresponding plurality of different devices; receiving a selection of a one of the plurality of images displayed on the display monitor, wherein the one of the plurality of images selected is an image corresponding to a particular one of the plurality of different devices; outputting codeset information associated with the particular one of the plurality of different devices, wherein the codeset information is taken from the group consisting of: a codeset and an identifier of a codeset; and using the output codeset information associated with the particular one of the plurality of different devices in the universal remote control device to thereby configure the universal remote control device to command functional operations of the particular one of the plurality of different devices.