摘要 |
<p>A method for setting up a universal remote control (1) designed to control a plurality of electronic appliances (2) comprises the following steps: preparing a remote server (3), configured for receiving sms text messages sent using a telephone (6), the server having access to a database (4) containing information relating to setup codes (ci) for the remote control (1) and relating to the appliances (2); reception by the remote server (3) of an sms text message sent from the mobile telephone (6), the text of the sms message containing information about at least the brand of an electronic appliance (2); querying the database (4) to retrieve, according to the information about at least the brand, at least one setup code (ci) which is uniquely correlated with at least one appliance (2) corresponding to the information contained in the text of the message; and sending to the mobile telephone (6), an sms text message containing the at least one setup code (ci) found, for setting the setup code (ci) in the universal remote control (1), in such a way as to enable the remote control to control the corresponding appliance (2).</p> |