System for and method of interactive dialog between a user and a telematic server

A remote control system for downloading and processing raw data from a telematic server connected to an outside telephone network, and controlling a domestic device such as a videorecorder, a TV set, a high fidelity stereo system or a home appliance, said remote control system comprising:

• a device arranged to be connected to said telephone network, said device including:
• (a) means for storing and for processing the raw data into separate graphical information and command instructions,
• (b) means for encoding said separate graphical information and command instructions into infra-red or radio first signals coded as hexadecimal character strings and for transmitting simultaneously said first signals corresponding to said graphical information and command instructions to a portable remote control apparatus,
• (c) means for receiving and decoding infra-red or radio second signals emitted from said portable remote control apparatus, and
• (d) means for storing and processing said second signals into third signals and addressing said third signals, to the telematic server;
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• said portable remote control apparatus including:
• (a) means for receiving and decoding the infra-red or radio first signals emitted from said device into said separate graphical information and command instructions,
• (b) means for storing in a read/write memory said separate graphical information and command instructions,
• (c) means for configuring said remote control apparatus in view of said command instructions, said means for configuring comprising message display means including a screen comprising a touch-sensitive plate arranged for displaying in real time graphics corresponding to said graphical information according to said command instructions at specified locations on the screen, said graphics being activated through pressure on said touch-sensitive plate by the user for delivering fourth signals corresponding to said command instructions, and
• means for encoding said fourth signals into said infra-red or radio fifth signals and transmitting said fifth signals for controlling said domestic device.

A method of interactive use for accessing raw data from a telematic server connected to an outside telephone network, and addressing processed data in return to said server in relation with a broadcasting system, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting a device to said telephone network via a modem,
• storing and processing the raw data into separate graphical information and command instructions,
• encoding said graphical information and command instructions into infra-red or radio first signals transmitted as hexadecimal character strings,
• transmitting said first signals to a portable remote control apparatus,
• receiving and decoding the infra-red or radio first signals emitted from said device into said separate graphical information and command instructions in said portable remote control apparatus,
• storing in a read/write memory said separate graphical information and command instructions,
• displaying in real time graphics corresponding to said graphical information according to said command instructions at specified locations on a screen comprising a touch-sensitive plate,
• activating said graphics through pressure on said touch-sensitive plate by the user for delivering fourth signals corresponding to said command instructions,
• encoding said fourth signals into said infra-red or radio second signals,
• transmitting said second signals to the device,
• receiving and decoding in said device said second signals emitted from said portable remote control apparatus, and
• addressing said second signals to the telematic server.

A method for downloading and processing raw data from a telematic server connected to an outside telephone network, and controlling a domestic device such as a videorecorder, a TV set, a high fidelity stereo system or a home appliance, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting a device to said telephone network via a modem,
• storing and processing the raw data into separate graphical information and command instructions,
• encoding said separate graphical information and command instructions into infra-red or radio first signals coded as hexadecimal character strings,
• transmitting said first signals to a portable remote control apparatus,
• receiving and decoding the infra-red or radio first signals emitted from said device into said graphical information and command instructions in said portable remote control apparatus,
• storing in a read/write memory said graphical information and command instructions,
• displaying in real time graphics corresponding to said graphical information according to said command instructions at specified locations on a screen comprising a touch-sensitive plate,
• activating said graphics through pressure on said touch-sensitive plate by the user for delivering fourth signals corresponding to said command instructions,
• encoding said fourth signals into infra-red or radio fifth signals, and
• transmitting said fifth signals for controlling said domestic device.