System and method for upgrading the remote control functionality of a device
CA 2467725 A1 · Owner: Hayes, Patrick H. · Inventors: Wang, Weidong William; Hayes, Patrick H.; Conway, James N. Jr.
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A system and method for upgrading remote control application resident on a device. A markup language file is created containing a representation of , information used to setup the remote control application to communicate with an appliance. The markup language files may be executed on the device or an , intermediate client with which the device is synchronized to upload the , representation of the information to a remote server (Figure 2). At the remote server, the uploaded information is used to automatically display userselectable, downloadable data files relevant to the control of the device (Figure 2, item 51). Downloaded data files which may include command codes , and/or graphical …
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