System and method for testing and updating stored content of a r

Details System and method for testing and updating stored content of a r System and method for testing and updating stored content of a r

1997-05-13

1999-08-10

Kostak, Victor R.

Television

Monitoring, testing, or measuring

455 63, 348734, H04N 1700

Patent

active

059366672

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for testing a system and method for testing a remote transmitter that controls a peripheral device and for updating control codes utilized by the remote transmitter. One embodiment of the system includes a peripheral device, a broadcast receiver such as an integrated receiver decoder (IRD) and a remote transmitter that receives signals from the IRD and generates control codes to the peripheral device to service a program event. The system supports automatic loading and updating of control codes used by the remote transmitter to control present and perhaps future peripheral devices. Likewise, the IRD supports testing of the remote transmitter through a testing screen.

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