US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on Oct. 28 for "System and method for simplified setup of a universal remote control" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,365, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System and method for simplified setup of a universal remote control" was invented by Joseph Lee Haughawout (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Patrick H. Hayes (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for enabling set up of a controlling device capable of controlling a plurality of appliances, via an interactive instruction set and associated programming. The programming is accessible by a STB or other controllable appliance and is configured to appropriately display interactive instructions and prompts to a user during a ...