Programmable Remote Key Setup Using Service History and QR Scanning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing controlling devices lack an efficient and user-friendly method for configuring programmable keys to access specific media content providers or services, often requiring manual input or complex setup processes.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a smart device app to scan a QR code or image of inserts on programmable keys, determining media content provider data, and configuring the controlling device to transmit appropriate commands for accessing desired media streams or services, optionally with parental controls and dynamic service configuration based on user history.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual configuration methods are used for programmable keys, then configuration accuracy can be achieved, but configuration time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical configuration processes with optical scanning (QR code or image capture) and automated image recognition processing. The system captures an image of the insert, uses image processing to identify the media content provider, and automatically configures the programmable key without manual input, thus substituting mechanical/manual operations with optical and computational systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The controlling device performs self-configuration by automatically processing the captured image, identifying the media content provider through image recognition, and assigning the appropriate service to the programmable key. This eliminates the need for manual configuration by the user, allowing the system to configure itself autonomously.
2Measurement precision
If complex setup processes are required for configuring services, then precise service selection can be achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex manual setup processes with automated image capture and recognition systems. The user simply positions the controlling device to capture an image of the insert, and the system automatically processes the image, identifies the service, and completes the configuration, eliminating the need for complex manual setup steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary image capture and processing system between the user and the service configuration. Instead of directly interacting with complex configuration menus, the user interacts with a simple image capture interface, and the intermediary system handles the complex service identification and configuration processes.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional configuration methods are used, then device compatibility can be maintained, but adaptability to different media content providers decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal configuration system that can handle multiple media content providers and service types through a single image recognition interface. The system is designed to work with various types of inserts from different providers, making the controlling device adaptable to diverse services without requiring provider-specific configuration procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The image recognition system serves as a universal intermediary that translates visual information from various media content provider inserts into standardized service identification data. This intermediary layer abstracts the complexity of different providers' formats and protocols, allowing the controlling device to adapt to multiple providers through a single unified interface.
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AI summary
A remote control is configured by using a service access history associated with at least a one of the remote control and a controllable appliance to determine a first service accessible via use of the controllable appliance that is to be associated with the programmable key and by transmitting to the remote control data for use by the remote control in configuring the remote control such that activation of the programmable key will cause the remote control to transmit a command to the controllable appliance to cause the controllable appliance to access the first service and for causing a display of an indicator for the first service in a display of the controlling device that is associated with the programmable key.