Patent ID: 9131272
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring a setting associated with a first appliance to a second appliance using a hand-held, portable controlling device adapted to locally communicate commands to the first appliance and the second appliance, the method comprising: transmitting from the hand-held, portable controlling device to the first appliance a first command communication to cause the first appliance to capture data indicative of a first operational output level that is associated with an operational state of the first appliance; receiving at the hand-held, portable controlling device the captured data indicative of the first operational output level that is associated with the operational state of the first appliance; storing in a memory of the hand-held, portable controlling device the received, captured data indicative of the first operational output level that is associated with the operational state of the first appliance; transmitting from the hand-held, portable controlling device to the second appliance a second command communication to cause the second appliance to capture data indicative of a second operational output level that is associated with an operating state of the second appliance; receiving at the hand-held, portable controlling device the captured data indicative of the second operational output level that is associated with the operational state of the second appliance; storing in the memory of the hand-held, portable controlling device the received, captured data indicative of the second operational output level that is associated with the operational state of the second appliance; and causing the hand-held, portable controlling device to transmit to the second appliance one or more command communications to thereby adjust the second operational output level that is associated with the operating state of the second appliance to a third operational output level that is comparable to the first operational output level that is associated with operational state the first appliance that was captured at the first appliance in response to the first command communication transmitted from the hand-held, portable controlling device wherein the one or more command communications transmitted by the hand-held, portable controlling device are determined as a function of the received, captured data indicative of the first operational level that is associated with the operational state of the first appliance stored in the memory of the hand-held, portable controlling device and the second operational level that is associated with the operational state of the second appliance stored in the memory of the hand-held, portable controlling device.