Abstract:
A web site (110) is arranged (502) to have access to control instructions (414) for an intelligent device (112), and a desired function to be performed by the intelligent device is defined (504) in a wireless internet access device (WIAD) (102). The WIAD identifies (506) the intelligent device and the desired function to the web site through a wireless communication network (104), and the web site returns (508) to the WIAD a subset (316) of the control instructions for controlling the intelligent device to perform the desired function. The WIAD then forwards (510) the subset of the control instructions to the intelligent device to effect the desired function.