IP Library Granted Patent US 8,893,339
Granted Patent B2
US 8,893,339 · App. 14/206,892 · Granted Nov 25, 2014

System and method for adjusting settings of a bed with a remote control

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Patent No.
US 8,893,339
App. No.
14/206,892
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method may include presenting a user interface on a display of a remote control to label a first air chamber of a plurality of air chambers; receiving a label from a user for the first air chamber; presenting a prompt to the user on the display to enter a pressure setting for the first air chamber, the prompt including the label received from the user; receiving a pressure setting for the first air chamber from the user; and transmitting a control signal to instruct the first air chamber to adjust pressure to the pressure setting.

Claims (23)

1. A method for controlling pressure settings in an air mattress having a plurality of air chambers including a first air chamber and a second air chamber, the method comprising:

executing, by at least one processor, the steps of:

presenting a user interface on a display of a remote control to label the first air chamber of the plurality of air chambers;

receiving a label from a user for the first air chamber;

presenting a prompt to the user on the display to enter a pressure setting for the first air chamber, the prompt including the label received from the user;

receiving a pressure setting for the first air chamber from the user;

transmitting a control signal to instruct the first air chamber to adjust pressure to the pressure setting for the first air chamber;

presenting a user interface on the display of the remote control to label the second air chamber;

receiving a label from the user for the second air chamber;

presenting a prompt to the user on the display to enter a pressure setting for the second air chamber, the prompt including the label received from the user for the second air chamber;

receiving a pressure setting for the second air chamber from the user;

transmitting a control signal to instruct the second air chamber to adjust pressure to the pressure setting for the second air chamber;

presenting a first message on the display, the first message including the label for the first air chamber; and

thereafter detecting user activity on the remote control, determining whether the user activity occurred when the first message was presented on the display, and if said user activity occurred when the first message was presented on the display, retrieving a current pressure setting for the first air chamber and presenting the current pressure setting for the first air chamber on the display.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor further performs the step of:

removing, after a predetermined period of time, the first message and thereafter presenting a second message on the display, the second message including the label for the second air chamber.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor further performs the step of:

receiving an indication from an accelerometer of the remote control that the remote control has moved prior to presenting the first message.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor further performs the steps of:

receiving an indication that a button has been depressed on the remote control; and

based on receiving the indication:

retrieving a current pressure setting for the second air chamber; and

presenting the current pressure setting for the second air chamber.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF SHORT FORM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 15, 2018
From: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS RETIRING AGENT
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 045343/0724 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 15, 2017
From: SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION
To: SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044456/0132 →
SHORT FORM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 11, 2015
From: SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION
To: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 036587/0099 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2014
From: FLEURY, JOE; DICKENS, MARK
To: SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032759/0951 →