Control of interconnected audio/video devices
First Claim
1. A local communication system comprising a plurality of devices interconnected for the communication of data, wherein one of said devices is a display device arranged to display data from one or more other devices of the system, and wherein one of said devices is a remote control device carrying a first group of controls for controlling respective operational functions of a device of the system, the system including:
- selector means for identifying a selected device of the system to be controlled by user operation of said remote control device; and
virtual control means to determine which operational functions of said selected device do not have a corresponding control on said remote control device, and generate on said display device a user actuatable simulacrum of a control means for each such operational function.
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Abstract
A local communication system comprises a plurality of devices (10, 12, 50) interconnected (14) for the communication of data. One of the devices (12) is a display device arranged to display data from one or more other devices of the system, and one of said devices (40) is a remote control carrying a first group of controls (A..G) for controlling respective operational functions of a device (10) of the system. The system is configured to identify a selected device (10) of the system to be controlled by user operation of said remote control device (40), and to determine which operational functions of that selected device do not have a corresponding control (C, D) on the remote control. For such functions, the system generates on the display device a user actuatable simulacrum 56 of a control for that function (H, J, K, L).
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1. A local communication system comprising a plurality of devices interconnected for the communication of data, wherein one of said devices is a display device arranged to display data from one or more other devices of the system, and wherein one of said devices is a remote control device carrying a first group of controls for controlling respective operational functions of a device of the system, the system including:
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selector means for identifying a selected device of the system to be controlled by user operation of said remote control device; and
virtual control means to determine which operational functions of said selected device do not have a corresponding control on said remote control device, and generate on said display device a user actuatable simulacrum of a control means for each such operational function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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