EasyLink
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EasyLink is Philips' trade name for its HDMI-CEC feature that lets connected HDMI devices control each other with a single remote.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EasyLink canonical | 4 |
| Philips EasyLink | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3419126 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EasyLink Context triple: [HDMI-CEC, marketedAs, EasyLink]
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A.
Link 2 Line
Link 2 Line is a light rail service in the Seattle metropolitan area that connects key neighborhoods and suburbs as part of the Sound Transit Link system.
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B.
Q-LINK
Q-LINK is the radio callsign used by QantasLink, the regional airline brand of Qantas Airways in Australia.
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C.
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect is a Wi‑Fi Alliance program that simplifies and secures the onboarding of devices to Wi‑Fi networks, particularly for IoT and display-less products.
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D.
Cylink Corporation
Cylink Corporation was a pioneering American company specializing in data encryption and network security technologies, particularly for government and enterprise communications.
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E.
easyGroup
easyGroup is a British private investment company best known for owning the "easy" family of brands, including the low-cost airline easyJet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EasyLink Target entity description: EasyLink is Philips' trade name for its HDMI-CEC feature that lets connected HDMI devices control each other with a single remote.
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A.
Link 2 Line
Link 2 Line is a light rail service in the Seattle metropolitan area that connects key neighborhoods and suburbs as part of the Sound Transit Link system.
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B.
Q-LINK
Q-LINK is the radio callsign used by QantasLink, the regional airline brand of Qantas Airways in Australia.
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C.
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect
Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED Easy Connect is a Wi‑Fi Alliance program that simplifies and secures the onboarding of devices to Wi‑Fi networks, particularly for IoT and display-less products.
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D.
Cylink Corporation
Cylink Corporation was a pioneering American company specializing in data encryption and network security technologies, particularly for government and enterprise communications.
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E.
easyGroup
easyGroup is a British private investment company best known for owning the "easy" family of brands, including the low-cost airline easyJet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
HDMI-CEC implementation
ⓘ
consumer electronics feature ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Philips EasyLink
ⓘ
linked to:
EasyLink
|
| basedOnStandard | HDMI-CEC ⓘ |
| communicationChannel | HDMI connection ⓘ |
| configuration | can be enabled or disabled in TV settings ⓘ |
| controlBus | CEC line on HDMI cable ⓘ |
| controls | connected HDMI devices ⓘ |
| enables |
control of multiple HDMI devices with a single remote
ⓘ
device-to-device control over HDMI ⓘ |
| featureCategory |
consumer electronics control
ⓘ
remote control interoperability ⓘ |
| isProprietaryNameFor | standard HDMI-CEC functionality ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Philips
ⓘ
linked to:
Philips N.V.
|
| marketedBy |
Philips Consumer Lifestyle
ⓘ
linked to:
Philips N.V.
|
| operatesAt | low-speed CEC signaling rate ⓘ |
| primaryBenefit |
reduces number of remotes needed
ⓘ
simplifies home theater control ⓘ |
| protocolType | one-wire HDMI control protocol ⓘ |
| relatedTechnology |
Anynet+
ⓘ
Bravia Sync ⓘ Regza Link ⓘ Simplink ⓘ Viera Link ⓘ |
| requires |
HDMI cables supporting CEC
ⓘ
HDMI-CEC compatible devices ⓘ |
| scope | consumer home entertainment devices ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
HDMI Licensing Administrator
ⓘ
linked to:
HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc.
|
| supportsFunction |
input source switching
ⓘ
playback control of connected players ⓘ power off control between devices ⓘ power on control between devices ⓘ volume control via TV remote ⓘ |
| supportsStandardFeature |
one-touch play
ⓘ
system audio control ⓘ system standby ⓘ |
| tradeNameOf |
Philips HDMI-CEC feature
ⓘ
linked to:
HDMI-CEC
|
| transportLayer | HDMI physical layer ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
controlling Blu-ray player with TV remote
ⓘ
synchronizing power states of TV and AV receiver ⓘ |
| usedInDeviceType |
Philips Blu-ray players
ⓘ
Philips home theater systems ⓘ Philips televisions ⓘ
linked to:
Philips smart TVs
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: EasyLink Description of subject: EasyLink is Philips' trade name for its HDMI-CEC feature that lets connected HDMI devices control each other with a single remote.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: EasyLink