US 11,943,622 B2
Systems and methods for managing remote control units and paired devices
Vikram Balarajashetty, Bangalore (IN); Laxminarayana Dalimba, Bangalore (IN); and Arun Pulasseri Kalam, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to DISH Network Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., (IN)
Filed by DISH NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, Karnataka (IN)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/188,666.
Claims priority of application No. 202041009662 (IN), filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282017 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 12/50 (2021.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 12/50 (2021.01) [G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01); G08C 2201/20 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote control unit, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a communications module coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
for each command sent from the remote control unit via the communications module, send a code unique to and associated with a pairing of the remote control unit to a first device controlled by the remote control unit, the code sent via a wireless medium different than a wireless medium over which the pairing occurs;
pair with a second device in response to the second device receiving the code unique to and associated with a pairing of the remote control unit to the first device, wherein the pairing includes:
the remote control unit receiving a request from the second device to pair with the second device based on the code unique to and associated with the pairing of the remote control unit to a first device not matching a code previously stored by the second device; and
completing pairing to the second device automatically in response to the request;
unpair the remote control unit to the first device; and
after unpairing the remote control unit to the first device, for each command sent from the remote control unit via the communications module, send a code unique to and associated with the pairing of the remote control unit to the second device.