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US 9847083
System and method for voice actuated configuration of a controlling device
Current assignee: Universal Electronics Inc
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Patent summary
Title, assignee, inventors, filing/issue dates, abstract, and a plain-language overview of the claims.
Patent Overview — US9847083B2
Title: "System and method for voice actuated configuration of a controlling device"
Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc. (original assignee; an assignment recorded 2011-11-17 from inventor Jonathan Lim).
Inventor: Jonathan Lim.
Key dates: Priority date and filing date both 2011-11-17 (application US13/298,629). Published as US20130132094A1 on 2013-05-23; granted as US9847083B2 on 2017-12-19. Listed legal status: Active, with an adjusted expiration of 2032-08-02.
Purpose and plain-language scope: The patent concerns configuring a "controlling device" — in context, a remote control — using voice. The prior-art keywords listed in the source ("controlling device," "codeset," "provisioned," "command," "recited") indicate the subject matter centers on provisioning and selecting codesets for a controlling device, with voice-recited input playing a role in that configuration. In plain terms: rather than manually entering a setup code to program a remote, a user speaks, and the system uses that speech in configuring the device. The technical classifications place it in speech recognition (G10L15/22, G10L2015/025 — man-machine dialogue and phoneme recognition units), wireless control-signal transmission/programming of remote controls (G08C17/00; G08C2201/20–21, 2201/30–31 — binding/programming of remote controls, third-means programming, and voice input user interface), and interactive television client/remote-control peripherals (H04N21/422 and subclasses, including reprogrammable remote controls and remote-control emulation). Family members listed include EP2780908B1, BR112014010748B1, WO2013074253A1, and CN103959374B; later filings claim priority to this patent (US11264018B2, US11996100B2, US20240282307A1).
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US9847083](/patent/US9847083)/en
What the excerpt does not establish: The supplied text is largely bibliographic and classification data. It does not reproduce the claims, the written description, the drawings, or the abstract, so the precise claimed scope cannot be stated with confidence — the scope description above is inferred from classifications and prior-art keywords only. It also does not establish the identity of cited prior art or the substance of any legal proceedings referenced in the metadata; per the source, the status and priority-date entries are themselves assumptions, not legal conclusions.
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