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US 8,054,854 B2Granted
Network remote control
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorThomas Poslinski
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Abstract
A network of devices with remote control includes a network interconnecting two or more networked devices and a wireless remote control unit for communicating with one or more of the networked devices. The remote control unit stores an interface for one or more of the networked devices so that the networked devices can be controlled with the remote control unit.
Claims30
A remote control unit comprising:
- a transceiver configured to receive a plurality of interfaces from networked devices, said plurality of interfaces being stored in a memory module to become stored interfaces;
- a display device connected to said system bus, said display device displaying user interface screens,
- wherein said one of the stored interfaces is used to generate one of the user interface screens,
- a processor configured to generate a command, one of the stored interfaces extracted from said memory module being used to generate said command,
- wherein said command instructs an electrical device to perform or control a function, said electrical device being one of the networked devices,
- wherein a network interconnects with each of said networked devices, said networked devices being end devices connected to the network, and
- wherein said command is initiated from the remote control unit responsive to selection based upon said one of the user interface screens and is sent through a different one of the networked devices to said electrical device.
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An electrical device comprising:
- a network connector/transceiver configured to output an interface onto a network, said interface including a plurality of device functions;
- a processor configured to execute a command to perform or control a function, said function being one of the device functions,
- wherein said network connector/transceiver receives said command originating from a remote control unit,
- said remote control unit using a stored interface to generate said command through a remote control display that displays user interface screens, wherein the stored interface is used to generate one of the user interface screens,
- wherein the electrical device is one of a plurality of networked devices interconnected by a network, said networked devices being end devices connected to the network, and
- wherein said command is initiated from the remote control unit responsive to selection based upon said one of the user interface screens and is received by the electrical device through a different one of the networked devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.