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US 2010/0165216 A1Published application
Antenna Diversity for Control Device Applications
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorWilliam Michael Beals
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Abstract
One embodiment may take the form of a method for routing a signal to a target device. The method may include a control device that may transmit a signal on a first network. The signal may reach devices other than the target device. The devices that receive the signal may recognize that the signal is intended for another device and may transmit the signal on a second network. The signal may be received by the target device via the second network.
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A method for controlling a first electronic device, comprising:
- receiving, by at least a second electronic device, a control signal for the first electronic device across a first network;
- transmitting the control signal from the second electronic device on a second network;
- receiving the control signal at the first electronic device;
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- executing the control signal on the first electronic device, wherein the first and second networks transmit data according to different protocols.
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A method for routing control signals comprising:
- receiving, at a first electronic device, a control signal transmitted on a first network;
- determining whether the control signal is transmitted by a control device that is paired with the first electronic device;
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- in the event the control signal is transmitted by the control device that is not paired with the first electronic device, transmitting the control signal from the first electronic device on a second network, wherein the first and second networks transmit data according to different protocols.
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A method for routing control signals, comprising:
- receiving a first control signal at a first electronic device via a first network;
- receiving a second control signal at the first electronic device via the first network;
- determining whether the first control signal and the second control signal are transmitted by a control device that is paired with the first electronic device;
- determining whether the first control signal and the second control signal are cloned signals;
- in the event the first control signal and the second control signal are transmitted by a control device that is not paired with the first electronic device and the first control signal and the second control signal are not cloned signals, transmitting the first control signal and the second control signal from the first electronic device via a second network, wherein the first and second networks transmit data according to different protocols;
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- receiving the first control signal and the second control signal at a second electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.