Patent ID: 7924167

Claim:
A method for filtering remote control codes in a remote control code relaying system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a remote control code; comparing a portion of the received remote control code with a corresponding portion of a given one of one or more stored remote control codes; and filtering the received remote control code based on the comparison and 10 frequency information; the step of comparing further comprises the step of comparing the portion of the received remote control code with a corresponding portion of each of the one or more stored remote control codes and determining there is no match between the portion of the received remote control code and a corresponding portion of each of the one or more stored remote control codes; and the step of filtering the received remote control code based on the comparison further comprises the steps of: determining whether the remote control code should be output or discarded; and adding the new remote control code to the one or more stored remote control codes based on the determination of whether the remote control code should be output or discarded.