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`RELAYING KEY CODE SIGNALS THROUGH A REMOTE
`CONTROL DEVICE
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
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`[ 0001] This application is a continuation of and claims the benefit of US Application
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`No. 13/068,820, filed on May 21,2011, which application is a continuation of and claims
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`the benefit of US Application No. 12/462,526, filed on August 4, 2009, which application
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`is a continuation of and claims the benefit of US Application No. 10/737,029, filed on
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`December 16, 2003, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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`TECHNICAL FIELD
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`[ 0002] The present invention relates generally to remote control devices and, more
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`specifically, to relaying key code signals through a remote control device to operate an
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`electronic consumer device.
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`BACKGROUND
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`[ 0003] Most households today possess multiple types of electronic consumer devices,
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`such as televisions, stereo radios, digital video disk players, video cassette recorders, set-
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`top cable television boxes and set-top satellite boxes. Manufacturers of such electronic
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`devices typically supply a remote control device along with each electronic device. It is,
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`therefore, common for a consumer who has multiple electronic devices to have multiple
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`remote control devices.
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`[ 0004] A remote control device typically controls a selected electronic consumer
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`device by transmitting infrared key code signals to the selected electronic consumer
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`device. The infrared signals contain key codes of a codeset associated with the selected
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`electronic consumer device. Each key code corresponds to a function of the selected
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`electronic device, such as power on, power off, volume up, volume down, play, stop,
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`select, channel up, channel down, etc. In order to avoid the situation where a remote
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`control device unintentionally operates an electronic consumer device that is associated
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`with a different remote control device, manufacturers sometimes use distinct codesets for
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`the communication between various electronic consumer devices and their associated
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`remote control devices. The codesets can differ from each other not only by the bit
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`patterns assigned to various functions of the associated electronic consumer device, but
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`also by the timing information that describes how the key codes should be modulated
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`onto carrier signals to generate key code signals.
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`[ 0005] Consumers may find it inconvenient to operate their electronic devices usjng
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`multiple remote control devices. Thus, a consumer may wish to operate multiple
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`electronic consumer devices using a single remote control device. A single remote
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`control device can store many codesets so that the remote control device can control a
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`corresponding large number of different electronic consumer devices. There are,
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`however, thousands of codesets in use in electronic consumer devices today.
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`Manufacturers of remote control devices, however, may wish to limit the memory on
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`their remote control devices to a size that is insufficient to store the thousands of existing
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`codesets.
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`[ 0006] A system is sought for enabling a remote control device to control a selected
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`one of multiple different electronic consumer devices without requiring the codeset
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`associated with the selected electronic consumer device to be stored on the remote
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`control device.
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`SUMMARY
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`[ 0007] A system for relaying a key code through a remote control device to an
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`electronic consumer device allows the electronic consumer device to be controlled
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`without storing the associated codeset on the remote control device. Upon receiving a
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`keystroke indicator signal from a remote control device, a key code generator device,
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`such as a set-top box, identifies the particular codeset usable to communicate with the
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`selected electronic consumer device. The keystroke indicator signal contains an
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`indication of a key on the remote control device that was pressed, which corresponds to a
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`function of the selected electronic consumer device. Using the identified codeset and the
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`indication of the pressed key, the key code generator device generates a key code and
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`modulates that key code onto a radio frequency carrier signal, thereby generating a first
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`key code signal. The remote control device receives the first key code signal from the
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`key code generator device and modulates the key code onto an infrared frequency carrier
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`signal, thereby generating a second key code signal. The remote control device relays the
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`key code to the selected electronic consumer device in the second key code signal. The
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`key code causes the selected electronic consumer device to perform the desired fun