Patent ID: 7612685
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. A method for programming a set of command codes into a first remote control device comprising: receiving in the first remote control device a command code from a second remote control device that is configured to control a controlled appliance, wherein the command code is included in the set of command codes; storing the command code in an electronic system of the first remote control; transmitting the command code from the first remote control over the Internet to a web site server; determining in the web site server whether the command code is in one set of command codes; if the command code is in the set of command codes: transmitting the set of command codes over the Internet from the web site server to the first remote control; and configuring the first remote control to control the controlled appliance based on the set of command codes; if the command code is in multiple sets of command codes: transmitting a direction from the web site server to the first remote control for the user to control the first remote control to sample an additional command code from second remote control; repeating the receiving step, the storing step, the first mentioned transmitting step, and the determining step for the additional command code; sending the set of command codes over the Internet from the web site server to the first remote control; and configuring the first remote control to control the controlled appliance based on the set of command codes.