Remote system for portable audio player

Abstract

The present invention aims at enhancing the capacity of the remote device by adding the display of useful information on the remote device. The communication between the plug-in module and the remote is no longer unidirectional but now bidirectional. This aim is achieved thanks to a remote system for portable audio player comprising a docking station and a remote device cooperating thereof, the docking station having interface means to electrically connect the portable audio player and a the remote device having keypad to give remotely commands to the portable audio player and wirelessly connected with the docking station, wherein the docking station comprises an wireless transmitter, an audio control module producing an audio signal and a microprocessor, said remote system comprising a wireless transmitter, a display, an authentication processor and a main processor, said main processor comprising selection means to sent messages to the portable audio player or the audio control module while sending commands to the docking station.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.