Abstract: Subject matter includes a reprogrammer for roving remote controllers that are capable of being used in multiple locations with different devices to be controlled at each location. An exemplary roving remote controller changes control code sets to operate whatever devices are present in a particular room. In one implementation, an exemplary multimedia system has reprogrammers for one or more roving remote controllers that adapt to their setting. When a remote controller is moved from a first room to a second room, the program content being controlled in the first room is automatically transferred to the second room.

Abstract: Subject matter includes a reprogrammer for roving remote controllers that are capable of being used in multiple locations with different devices to be controlled at each location. An exemplary roving remote controller changes control code sets to operate whatever devices are present in a particular room. In one implementation, an exemplary multimedia system has reprogrammers for one or more roving remote controllers that adapt to their setting. When a remote controller is moved from a first room to a second room, the program content being controlled in the first room is automatically transferred to the second room.

Abstract: A system for programming a remote control device incorporates a battery-powered radio frequency identification (RFID) reader into the remote control device. A passive RFID transponder is embedded into the electronic consumer device, or is otherwise provided to the consumer. The RFID transponder stores codeset data usable to control the electronic consumer device. In one example, the codeset data is an entire codeset. In another example, the codeset data is a designation of a codeset. The remote control device is placed in proximity to the RFID transponder, and a program key is pressed on the remote thereby causing the RFID reader in the remote control device to read the codeset data out of the RFID transponder and into the remote control device. In one embodiment, the codeset data is read from the RFID transponder using absorption modulation. The codeset data enables the remote control device to control the electronic consumer device.

Abstract: Subject matter includes a reprogrammer for roving remote controllers that are capable of being used in multiple locations with different devices to be controlled at each location. An exemplary roving remote controller changes control code sets to operate whatever devices are present in a particular room. In one implementation, an exemplary multimedia system has reprogrammers for one or more roving remote controllers that adapt to their setting. When a remote controller is moved from a first room to a second room, the program content being controlled in the first room is automatically transferred to the second room.

Abstract: An option is selected from a plurality of options by selecting a soft key from a plurality of displayed soft keys, each corresponding with a respective one of the options. The soft keys are displayed as a number of distinguishable groups of soft keys. A user first selects a particular group of soft keys. Then the soft keys are related to the hard keys of an input device on the basis of the relation of the soft key to its group and of the hard key to the input device respectively. Pressing a particular hard key results in the selection of the thus related soft key. The number of hard keys is equal to the number of soft keys in a group, rather than equal to the total number of soft keys.

Abstract: A locating system comprising a control unit, a first integrated circuit, a first actuator and a transceiver. The control unit is configured with a program mode and a locate mode. The first actuator and the transceiver are coupled to the first integrated circuit and configured such that when the control unit is in program mode and the first actuator is activated, the control unit transmits a first signal indicating that the control unit is in program mode and identifies the first actuator.

Abstract: A code learning device of tire monitor is used for motor vehicles having a tire monitor and a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is installed in individual tire of the motor vehicle, and each sensor module further comprises a radio signal transmitter for transmitting the conditions of the tires and the specific code of the sensor module via radio frequency signals. The code learning device comprises: an electric module having a processor, a memory, and a radio frequency signal receiver electrically coupled to the electric module for receiving the radio frequency signals, and dividing the radio frequency signals into a data signal and an amplitude signal. The data signal includes the conditions of the tires and the specific code of the sensor module such that the electric module can confirm the corresponding relation between the tires and the sensor module by means of the numeric value of the amplitude signal.