ADDRESSABLE DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM
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1. An apparatus for use in a system, the apparatus comprising:
- a receiver operative to receive a request from an unidentified remote control device via a wireless communication medium;
a storage medium to store an identifier which identifies the receiver in the system; and
transmit logic, coupled to the receiver and the storage medium, operative to transmit both the request and the identifier to a system controller.
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Abstract
An apparatus for use in an addressable distributed wireless remote control system includes a receiver operative to receive a request from an unidentified remote control device via a wireless communication medium. The apparatus also includes a storage device to store an identifier which identifies the receiver in the system, and transmit logic, coupled to the receiver and the storage medium, operative to transmit both the request and the identifier to a system controller.
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1. An apparatus for use in a system, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiver operative to receive a request from an unidentified remote control device via a wireless communication medium;
a storage medium to store an identifier which identifies the receiver in the system; and
transmit logic, coupled to the receiver and the storage medium, operative to transmit both the request and the identifier to a system controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for use in a system, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiver to receive both a request and an identifier of a device from the device in the system;
transmit logic to transmit commands to one or more components of the system;
a storage medium to store a correspondence between the identifier and the one or more components; and
control logic, coupled to the receiver, the transmit logic, and the storage medium, to identify a component of the one or more components of the system based on the identifier of the device and to control the transmit logic to transmit a command corresponding to the request to the identified component. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving a request and an identifier of a receiver of the request from the receiver; and
issuing a command corresponding to the request to a component based on the identifier of the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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- 15. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, designed to be executed by a processor, for implementing a function to receive a request and an identifier of a receiver of the request from the receiver, and to issue a command corresponding to the request to a component based on the identifier of the receiver.
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