Remote control method and system for operating devices served by a modular multi-media converged services portal
First Claim
1. A system for providing remote control of at least one multi-media device served by a converged multi-media portal that can couple a plurality of multi-media signals carried on a single network medium corresponding to the plurality of multi-media devices comprising:
- at least one remote control transmitter for converting a user instruction into an electrical message and transmitting the electrical message wirelessly; and
at least one remote control receiver for wirelessly receiving the wirelessly transmitted electrical message and operating at least one of the plurality of multi-media devices in response to the user instruction represented by the message.
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Abstract
A remote transmitter and receiver for remotely controlling multimedia devices served by a converged multi-media portal for coupling a plurality of multi-media signals carried on a single network medium to a plurality of corresponding multi-media devices. Each device is served by a multi-media processing modules, which receives a multi-media signal from a network interface module and routes at least one multi-media signal to a corresponding multi-media device. Each module may comprise a remote control receiver. Alternatively, a separate control module that serves other multi-media processing modules may comprise a single receiver.
An instruction message is generated by the transmitter based on user input. The instruction message may be combined with an address message to provide device selectability when proximate transmitters and receivers corresponding to different devices operate at the same RF carrier frequency.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for providing remote control of at least one multi-media device served by a converged multi-media portal that can couple a plurality of multi-media signals carried on a single network medium corresponding to the plurality of multi-media devices comprising:
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at least one remote control transmitter for converting a user instruction into an electrical message and transmitting the electrical message wirelessly; and
at least one remote control receiver for wirelessly receiving the wirelessly transmitted electrical message and operating at least one of the plurality of multi-media devices in response to the user instruction represented by the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A remote control transmitter for converting a user instruction into an electrical message and transmitting the electrical message wirelessly to a receiver configured to operate at least one multi-media device served by a converged multi-media portal that can couple a plurality of multi-media signals carried on a single network medium to the plurality of corresponding multi-media devices comprising:
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a user interface for entering the user instruction;
a data generator for converting the instruction into an electrical instruction message; and
an RF transmitter for transmitting the instruction message to the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A remote control receiver for wirelessly receiving an electrical message containing a user instruction message, the receiver configured to operate at least one multi-media device served by a converged multi-media portal that can couple a plurality of multi-media signals carried on a single network medium to the plurality of corresponding multi-media devices comprising:
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an RF receiver tuned to receive signals transmitted at a predetermined frequency;
an address decoder; and
an address selecting means for predetermining an address to be associated with a multi-media device served by the receiver, the address decoder being configured for decoding and separating an address message from a received composite message, for comparing the address from the composite message to the predetermined address set at the address selecting means, and for passing the instruction message to the multi-media device associated with the predetermined address if the address in the address message matches the predetermined address.
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22. A method for remotely controlling at least one multi-media device served by a converged multi-media portal that can couple a plurality of multi-media signals carried on a single network medium corresponding to the plurality of multi-media devices comprising:
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receiving a user instruction for operating one of the at least one multi-media devices through a user interface;
converting the user instruction into an instruction message;
transmitting the instruction message wirelessly with an RF transmitter at an RF frequency. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for remotely controlling at least one multi-media device served by a converged multi-media portal that can couple a plurality of multi-media signals carried on a single network medium corresponding to the plurality of multi-media devices comprising:
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receiving a wirelessly transmitted RF message with an RF receiver tuned to the carrier frequency of the RF message, the message including a user instruction to operate a multi-media device;
determining whether the message contains an address message corresponding to a multi-media device served by the receiver; and
routing the instruction message toward a multi-media device, wherein the multimedia device corresponds to the address in the address message if the received RF message contains an address message.
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