Patent ID: 7375673
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G06F,G08C

Abstract:
1. A system for identifying and controlling one or more media devices comprising: a controller, the controller including: one or more control receptors configured to receive signals from one or more native remote controls; a processor connected to the control receptors; a memory connected to the processor, the memory including one or more device entries, each device entry including information describing a remote control protocol associated with at least one of the native remote controls; the memory further including a code for at least one predefined identification key associated with the one or more native remote controls and also including computer executable instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the controller to receive one or more signals from one of the native remote controls through the control receptors, and identify the media device associated with the native remote control based on the received signal, and the one or more device entries; wherein each predefined identification key is a specific key of the native remote control that is only designated as the identification key for purposes of the process of uniquely identifying the media device associated with the native remote control, the one or more identification keys of the native remote control being less than the entire set of keys and being the only keys that can uniquely identify the media device.