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US 2014/0233909 A1Published application
System and method supporting infrared remote control over a network
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorDarren D. Neuman
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for wireless control of home media sources that utilizes a home digital network to transport packetized IR transmitter data to a remote location. The system allows for flexible control of multiple devices that accept IR commands without requiring additional wiring, and is independent of any particular IR protocol.
Claims20
A home media network system, comprising:
- a remote settop box operatively coupled to a home network;
- a central settop box operatively coupled to the home network and remotely located from the remote settop box;
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- a program source, where the central settop box is configured to provide media content from the program source to the remote settop box in response to command signaling received from the remote settop box via the home network.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving packetized command signaling from a remote settop box via a home network, the command signaling associated with a user request to access media content of a program source;
- depacketizing the command signaling;
- forwarding the command signaling to the program source;
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- transmitting the media content from the program source to the remote settop box via the home network.
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A central settop box, comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive command signaling from a remotely located settop box via a home network, the command signaling associated with a user request to access media content of a program source;
- signal processing circuitry configured to decode the command signaling and transmit the user request to access the media content to the program source;
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- an encoder configured to encode the media content for transmission to the remotely located settop box via the home network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.