Patent ID: 8812629

Claim:
A method for selecting a codeset for use in configuring a portable device to command functional operations of an appliance, comprising: receiving at a server device via a network identity data retrieved from the appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a wired protocol standard; using the identity data at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, wherein each of the plurality of appliance records within the database is cross-referenced to an appliance and wherein each of the plurality of appliance records within the database comprises a plurality of record fields, a plurality of appliance records, wherein each of the identified plurality of appliance records has data in one or more of its plurality of record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance; receiving at the server device via the network further data retrieved from the appliance through use of the interconnection referenced to the wired protocol standard; using the further data retrieved from the appliance at the server device to identify one of the identified plurality of appliance records, wherein the identified one of the identified plurality of appliance records has data in one or more of its plurality of record fields which matches the further data retrieved from the appliance; and using a codeset identifier associated with the identified one of the identified plurality of appliance records to select from a plurality of wireless protocol codesets a wireless protocol codeset for use in configuring the portable device whereupon the portable device will respond to an activation of an input element thereof to issue one or more commands to command one or more functional operations of the appliance via use of the selected wireless protocol codeset.