Patent ID: 8441525

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a remote device function on a remote device with a primary device function on a primary device, the method comprising: selectively broadcasting, from a radio frequency transmitter of the primary device, data on a plurality of channels, the data being broadcast on each of the channels at different times relative to a fixed period strobe signal of the primary device, wherein only the channels that have a noise level below a specified threshold level selectively broadcast the data, and wherein each of the channels has an associated fixed time frame offset relative to the fixed period strobe signal and each of the channels broadcasts after the associated fixed time frame offset expires; receiving, at a radio frequency receiver of the remote device, the data on at least one channel of the plurality of channels, wherein the data on each of the channels is received at different times depending on the associated fixed time frame offset thereby resulting in the data on the at least one channel having an associated received time reference relative to a remote device strobe signal of the remote device; synchronizing the remote device strobe signal based on the received time reference and the fixed time frame offset; and cyclically performing the remote device function, wherein the cyclically performing of the remote device function is synchronized with the primary device function to provide a synchronized interaction therebetween, and wherein the remote device function is synchronized with the primary device function by referencing the remote device strobe signal, wherein the primary device is a display device with three dimensional picture capabilities displayed on a screen thereof and the remote device is a pair of glasses with left and right eye lenses with electronic shutters that selectively control the transparency of each of the lenses for synchronized viewing with left and right eye images displayed on the screen, and the data includes information from the group: image frame frequency for images displayed on the display screen; fixed time frame offset for a channel broadcasting the data; period of the fixed period strobe signal; and shutter opening and closing ratios for the lenses.