Patent ID: 7895301
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for downloading a codeset onto a remote control device having a flash memory, comprising: (a) coupling a pin of an integrated circuit in a remote control device to a single-wire communication bus; (b) using the single-wire communication bus to download to the remote control device the codeset, to program the flash memory of the remote control device, and to perform debugging of the remote control device; (c) transmitting from a web server to a computer a hypertext document that includes a codeset election criterion; (d) receiving onto the web server a designation of the codeset selection criterion from a web client on the computer; (e) selecting a codeset from a plurality of codesets associated with the web server using the designation of the codeset selection criterion, wherein the selected codeset is the codeset downloaded to the remote control device and; (f) transmitting the selected codeset from the web server to the web client on the client prior to downloading the selected codeset to the remote control device; wherein the selected codeset is stored in a central database of codesets before the selected codeset is transmitted in (f); and wherein the codeset is transmitted in (b) in the form of a plurality of strings of timing information, and wherein the plurality of strings of timing information is associated with a plurality of functions of an electronic consumer device.