Remote control device transaction setup in a home network

An apparatus comprising:

• a radio frequency (RF) front end to wirelessly communicate with a source and a renderer, in which content is sent from the source to the renderer through a pathway of a home network;
• a baseband processor coupled to provide control signal input to the RF front end for conversion and wireless transmission from the RF front end;
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• an application processor coupled to the baseband processor to execute a program set of instructions and to generate control signals to the source and the renderer in response to the program set of instructions, in which the application processor is to execute the program set of instructions to identify and characterize the source, the renderer and the pathway, transmit a first control signal to the source to set a first control parameter value within the source to send the content to the renderer through the pathway, transmit a second control signal to the renderer to set a second control parameter value within the renderer to receive the content, and when sending the content from the source to the renderer, the content is to be transferred by first and second control parameter values established by the first and second control signals, in which the first and second control parameter values are set based on the content being transferred and the pathway taken in the home network.

A machine-readable medium embodying a program of instructions thereon for execution by a machine, in which when the program is executed by the machine performs a process comprising:

• identifying a source of a transaction for transferring content on a home network;
• identifying a renderer for rendering the content when transferred;
• identifying a pathway within the home network to couple the source to the renderer to transfer the content;
• transmitting first control information from the remote control device to the source to set a first control parameter value within the source to send the content to the renderer through the pathway;
• transmitting second control information from the remote control device to the renderer to set a second control parameter value within the renderer to receive the content;
• sending the content from the source to the renderer, wherein the content is to be transferred by first and second control parameter values established by the remote control and wherein the first and second control parameter values are set by the remote control based on the content being transferred and the pathway taken in the home network.