摘要:
A remote control transmission monitoring system. The system monitors remote control transmissions for the purpose of updating state tables for one or more remotely controllable appliances (12). The state tables may then be queried for the purpose of determining the present state of an appliance (12) whereby the transmission of a command that would place an appliance (12) in an unintended state may be avoided.
摘要:
A method for controlling a device via a network, the method comprising: receiving user interface data at a first device via the network from a second device; displaying the user interface defined by the user interface data on the first device; accepting user input from a user in response to the user interacting with the user interface displayed on the first device; and controlling the second device by sending control and command information from the first device to the second device based on the user input.
摘要:
The present invention is a personal programmable universal remote control apparatus comprising an input module (92) receptive of command sets (104) operable to control devices. The apparatus further comprises an interface module (94) receptive of manual input from a user, and an organization module (96) operable to organize the command sets into groups based on the manual input. The apparatus further comprises an output module (92) operable to communicate commands to the devices (98, 100) based on the groups. According to one aspect, the groups are operable to define operating conditions for interrelated devices based on at least one of user preference and intelligence regarding device interactions. According to another aspect, the groups are operable to define a command sequence operable to perform an action requiring one or more devices that involves use of multiple commands of the associated command sets.
摘要:
Systems and methods are described for using physical buttons (15a - 15d) on a device (10) in association with a display (25) to display, access, and execute functions available through associated hardware and software. The physical buttons (15a - 15d) are programmable, and the function of each button is displayed on an associated display (25) when the button is activated using a first type of motion, and the function of the button is performed when the button is activated using a second type of motion. This allows the display (25) to be free of unnecessary icons, tool-tips, menus, text, etc., and to be devoted to actual content unless and until a user decides to perform a function associated with the device containing the display. Increasing the available display space is especially important in the advancing art of electronics, where devices are becoming smaller and smaller, yet consumers are demanding more and more functionality.
摘要:
The invention refers to a data terminal activation and control device (16), a WAP server and a method for enabling a WAP radiotelephone terminal (20) to remotely activate and control a distant data terminal (14). The data terminal (14) is coupled to the activation and control device (16) by means of a data transmission network (26). The activation and control device (16) is coupled to the radiotelephone terminal (20) across a radiotelephone network (24). To permit to a user (18) of a WAP radiotelephone terminal (20) a convenient and powerful access to a data terminal (14) in order to activate and control the data terminal (14) it is suggested, to send a WAP message from the radiotelephone terminal (20) to the activation and control device (16) across the radiotelephone network (24) ; to convert the WAP message into a message that can be interpreted by the data terminal (14), and to send it to said data terminal (14) ; and to convert a message supplied by the data terminal (14) into a WAP message and to send it to the WAP radiotelephone terminal (20).
摘要:
The invention provides for a user control interface that is location dependent within the home environment. Context control parameters are associated with location, and the user control interface is customized to the context within which the device is being operated. The control interface includes the presentation of context sensitive information and the communication of corresponding context sensitive user commands via the interface. The location determination is effected using any number of commonly available techniques, such as direct entry, infrared sensors and active badges for relative positioning, as well as the conventional absolute positioning devices such as LORAN and GPS. In a preferred embodiment, the device communicates with a remote information source that provides the context sensitive control information. The remote information source may be a home network server, an Internet server, a public service network, or other communication network.
摘要:
A method and system for commanding and controlling diverse home devices. A first home device capable of displaying user interface data is connected to a home network. A second home device stores user interface data that defines a user interface for commanding and controlling the second home device, also connected to the homenetwork. The first device receives the user interface data from the second device over the network. The first device then displays the user interface as defined by the data. The user interacts with the user interface displayed on the first device by a control device. User input is accepted from the user responsive to the interaction. Control and command information is sent from the first home device to the second home device in order to control the second device according to the user input. Since the user interface can be displayed from any device, a single control device may control a plurality of different devices without requiring any change in the mode of operation of the control device.
摘要:
A power strip adapted to support power status reporting as well as the issuing of commands to control functional operations of the appliances. The power strip may receive a command from a remote control (for example transmitted via radio frequency or wired connection) and, in turn, issue a corresponding command (for example transmitted via infrared) to one or more appliances to cause the one or more appliances to perform a functional operation.
摘要:
This disclosure relates to electrically coupling a low pass filter to the output of a wireless receiver, electrically coupling a microcontroller to the low pass filter, and electrically coupling a key matrix to the microcontroller wherein the microcontroller and key matrix are comparable to a remote microcontroller and a remote key matrix of a wireless remote control device compatible with the wireless receiver, wherein input keys on the key matrix are mapped to input keys on the remote key matrix, and wherein the key matrix permits input commands to the consumer electronic device comparable to input commands available on the wireless remote control device.