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US 2007/0178891 A1Published application
Remote control of electronic devices
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJohn Louch, Eric Seymour, Michael Shebanek
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Abstract
A controlling device (e.g., a telephony device) can remotely control various tasks associated with a controlled device (e.g., a personal computer), including the navigation of user interfaces associated with applications or an operating system associated with the controlled device. A task can be controlled at the controlled device by mapping user input received at the controlling device to control commands suitable for execution at the controlled device.
Claims30
A method of remotely controlling an electronic device, comprising:
- establishing communication between a controlling device and a controlled device;
- receiving input from the controlling device;
- mapping the input to control commands;
- executing the control commands at the controlled device;
- and
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A method, comprising:
- determining a first spatial position in relation to a plurality of objects on a user interface;
- receiving through a network an input from a device;
- determining a second spatial position on the user interface in response to the input;
- and
- outputting an audio segment related to the second spatial position.
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A method, comprising:
- determining a first state of a device to be controlled;
- receiving through a network an input from a remote device;
- determining a second state of the device;
- and
- outputting an audio segment related to the second state.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an input from a controlling device;
- using the input to control a user interface associated with a controlled device, the user interface having a plurality of objects, wherein controlling the user interface, comprises:
- directionally stepping through the plurality of objects in the user interface to select an object of interest;
- activating the object of interest in the user interface;
- and
- producing an output associated with the activation of the object of interest in the user interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.