Patent ID: 6650247
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G08C,H04B

Abstract:
A method for configuring a target controlling appliance to communicate with a target controlled appliance, the method comprising:using configuration data to identify a plurality of command codes in a first command code library that are recognizable by the target controlled appliance such that the identified plurality of command codes are available to allow the remote control to control operations of the target controlled appliance; storing the configuration data in a memory of the remote control; transmitting from the remote control to the target controlling appliance a configuration message created using the configuration data read from the memory of the remote control; and using the configuration message to identify a plurality of command codes in a second command code library that are recognizable by the target controlled appliance to configure the target controlling appliance such that the identified plurality of command codes are available to allow the target controlling appliance to control operations of the target controlled appliance.