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US. Patent
Apr. 24, 2012
Sheet 3 of6
US 8,164,467 B2
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DETECT THE OCCURRENCE OF A USAGE CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH
USE OF THE REMOTE CONTROLLER
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\ THE REMOTE CONTROLLER AUTOMATICALLY ENTERS A POWER SAVING MODE
A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME AFTER DETECTING THE OCCURRENCE
OF THE USAGE CONDITION, WHEREIN THE PREDETERMINED PERIOD
OF TIME IS DETERMINED BY THE DETECTED USAGE CONDITION
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THE REMOTE CONTROLLER EXITS THE POWER SAVING MODE UPON
DETECTION BY THE REMOTE CONTROLLER OF AN EXIT CONDITION
FIG. 3
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DEFINE PROGRAMMED USAGE PATTERNS, EACH PROGRAMMED USAGE
PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH USE OF THE REMOTE CONTROLLER AND
HAVING AN ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMED PERIOD OF TIME AFTER WHICH
THE REMOTE CONTROLLER AUTOMATICALLY ENTERS A POWER SAVING
MODE FOLLOWING THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PROGRAMMED USAGE PATTERN
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STORE THE DEFINED PROGRAMMED USAGE PATTERNS IN A STORAGE
ELEMENT OF THE REMOTE CONTROLLER
DETECT THE OCCURRENCE OF A PROGRAMMED USAGE CONDITION OF
THE PROGRAMMED USAGE PATTERNS
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THE REMOTE CONTROLLER AUTOMATICALLY ENTERS A POWER SAVING
MODE THE PROGRAMMED PERIOD OF TIME AFTER DETECTING THE
OCCURRENCE OF THE PROGRAMMED USAGE CONDITION
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THE REMOTE CONTROLLER EXITS THE POWER SAVING MODE UPON
DETECTION BY THE REMOTE CONTROLLER OF AN EXIT CONDITION
FIG. 4