Wireless lan remote control
OwnerElmar Dornerinventor
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Abstract
A remote-controlled media system is described in which a remote control communicates over a conventional wireless local area network (WLAN) with a remote server. The remote control and remote server configure a network connection over the WLAN for communicating with one another. The remote server receives a remote command from the remote control and associates the remote command with the remote control, an application, and an output device over which the application outputs media data files. The remote server determines a particular output function of the application that is represented by the remote command, and then accesses the application through a command interface of the application to thereby invoke the output feature at the application and the output device.
Claims20
A remote control comprising:
- a keypad including a plurality of buttons;
- a button identifier that is operable to perform an identification of a selected button from among the plurality of buttons;
- a network adaptor that is operable to generate a command packet that is compatible with a transmission protocol of a wireless network, based on the identification of the selected button;
- and
- a transceiver that is operable to transmit the command packet over the wireless network for remote operation of a host computer.
A method comprising:
- identifying a selected button from among a plurality of buttons on a remote control;
- generating a command packet that is compatible with a transmission protocol of a wireless network, based on the identifying of the selected button;
- and
- transmitting the command packet over the wireless network for remote operation of a host computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.