Appeal No. 2006-2475
Application No. 10/411,792
The invention pertains to universal remote control devices.
In particular, a customized remote control is provided by
allowing a user to configure and purchase a personally customized
remote control via a Web site.
Representative independent claim 22 is reproduced as
follows:
22. A method of customizing a remote control comprising:
receiving at an Internet Web site data that functions to
identify at least one of a plurality of consumer electronic
devices whereby the Internet Web site uses the data to access a
plurality of pre-programmed sequences each comprising
instructions for causing one or more of the plurality of consumer
electronic devices to perform a plurality of operations when a
configurable key of the remote control is actuated;
displaying to a user at a client computer in communication
with the Internet Web site the plurality of pre-programmed
sequences; and
accepting from the user at the client computer a selection
of at least one of the pre-programmed sequences for downloading
from the Internet Web site for use in the remote control.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Goldstein 5,410,326 Apr. 25, 1995
van Ee et al. (Van Ee) 6,208,341 Mar. 27, 2001
Kemink, Joost “Internet-Based server for updating a programmable
control device”, WO 00/17738, March 30, 2000.
Claims 22-50 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the examiner offers Kemink and van Ee
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