Systems and methods for managing pairing of remote control devices with a plurality of media content processing devices

摘要

An exemplary method includes a remote control device management system pairing a remote control device with a first media content processing device; detecting, after the pairing of the remote control device with the first media content processing device, that a second media content processing device receives an infrared (“IR”) signal transmitted from the remote control device together with a non-infra-red (“non-IR”) based wireless communication signal; determining that the remote control device is not paired with the second media content processing device by determining that the IR signal received by the second media content processing device includes an IR token that identifies the remote control device as being paired with the first media content processing device; and re-pairing, in response to the determination, the remote control device with the second media content processing device in place of the first media content processing device. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
pairing, by a remote control device management system, a remote control device with a first media content processing device included in a plurality of media content processing devices, the remote control device configured to control media content processing devices with non-infrared-based (“non-IR-based”) wireless communication signals, the pairing comprising providing the remote control device with an infrared token (“IR token”) that identifies the remote control device as being paired with the first media content processing device and that is to be transmitted by the remote control device within an infrared signal (“IR signal”) each time the remote control device transmits a non-IR-based wireless communication signal; detecting, by the remote control device management system after the pairing of the remote control device with the first media content processing device, that a second media content processing device included in the plurality of media content processing devices receives the IR signal transmitted from the remote control device together with the non-IR based wireless communication signal, wherein
the IR signal includes the IR token but does not include a command associated with an attempt of a user to control the second media content processing device, andthe non-IR based wireless communication signal includes the command associated with the attempt of the user to control the second media content processing device; determining, by the remote control device management system, that the remote control device is not paired with the second media content processing device by determining that the IR signal received by the second media content processing device includes the IR token that identifies the remote control device as being paired with the first media content processing device; and re-pairing, by the remote control device management system in response to the determination, the remote control device with the second media content processing device in place of the first media content processing device.