Control of computing devices and user interfaces

Abstract

A controlling computing device connected to an interconnecting network can control specified functionality of a controllable computing device connected to the interconnecting network by using at least one unique identifier to establish a connection between the controllable computing device and the controlling computing device, with a user interface being provided to the controlling computing device. User interfaces enabling the controlling computing device to control the specified functionality of the controllable computing device may be created and modified by receiving control input comprising associations between actions on the controlling computing device and commands for controlling the specified functionality of the controllable computing device, and storing the actions, associations and commands as part of the user interface. User interfaces may be made available by storing a library of predefined user interfaces and, responsive to a request for a particular one of the user interfaces, transmitting that particular user interface to the requestor.

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