Method and apparatus to transmit infrared signals generated from a computer application using a remote device

• US 20040010560A1
• Filed: 07/10/2002
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: W. Watters, Scott, Sandage, David A.
• Application Number:
  US10/193,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20040010560A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/208
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/40 Remote control systems using repeaters, converters, gateways
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1149 Arrangements for indoor wireless networking of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method for remotely controlling operations of a target system using a host computer system includes displaying one or more applications executing in the host computer system on a remote controller system. A wireless connection is established between the remote controller system and the host computer system. The remote controller system causes an application executing in the host computer system to issue at least one command to control operations of the target system. The commands are received by the remote controller system and translated into IR signals. IR pulses associated with the IR signals are transmitted by the remote controller system to the target system.

Claims

1. A network, comprising:

a base system for executing at least one application to control operation of at least one target system; and

a remote system coupled to the base system, the remote system displaying the application executing in the base system using a wireless protocol, the remote system used to direct the application to issue at least one command to control the operation of the target system.

2. The network of claim 1, wherein the wireless protocol is remote desktop protocol (RDP).

3. The network of claim 2, wherein the remote system displays the application executing in the base system using RDP.

4. The network of claim 1, wherein the command is transmitted from the base system to the remote system.

5. The network of claim 4, wherein the remote system translates the command to infrared (IR) signals and transmits IR pulses associated with the IR signals to the target system.

6. The network of claim 1, wherein the command is translated to associated IR signals by the base system, and wherein the IR signals are transmitted from the base system to the remote system.

7. The network of claim 6, wherein the remote system transmits IR pulses associated with the IR signals to the target system.

8. The network of claim 1, wherein the application is an electronic programming guide (EPG) application, and wherein the target system is an audio/video system.

9. A method, comprising:

enabling a user to control at least one target system using at least one application executing in a host system from a client system, wherein said enabling comprises;

establishing a connection between the host system and the client system using a wireless protocol, the connection allowing the application to be displayed in the client system;

from the client system, causing the application to issue at least one command to control operation of the target device; and

from the host system, responsive to the application issuing the command, transmitting a first signal to the client system.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

from the client system, responsive to receiving the first signal from the host system, transmitting a second signal to the target device, the second signal controls the operation of the target device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second signal is transmitted using infrared (IR).

12. The method of claim 9, wherein transmitting the first signal to the client system comprises translating the command to the first signal.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the wireless protocol is remote desktop protocol (RDP).

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the host system and the target system are not in a line of sight of one another.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the host system and the client system are not in a line of sight of one another.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a client module to communicate with a host system through a wireless connection, wherein the client module enables remote display of at least one application executing in the host system, and wherein the client module further enables causing the application to issue at least one command to control a target system; and

a remote module coupled to the client module, the remote module receiving the command from the host system through the wireless connection, wherein the command is translated to IR signals to control the target system.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a consumer module coupled to the remote module, wherein the consumer module receives the IR signals from the remote module and transmits associated IR pulses to the target system.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the wireless connection is a remote desktop protocol (RDP) connection.

19. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a machine-accessible medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to performs operations comprising;

establishing a connection between a host system and a client system using a wireless protocol, the connection allowing an application executing in the host system to be displayed in the client system;

from the client system, causing the application to issue at least one command to control operation of a target system; and

from the host system, responsive to the application issuing the command, transmitting the command to the client system, wherein the client system translates the command to infrared (IR) signals to control the target system.

20. The article of manufacture of claim 19, wherein the wireless protocol is remote desktop protocol (RDP).

21. A method, comprising:

using a wireless protocol that enables displaying on a remote system at least one application executing on a host system to allow a user at the remote system to control operation of a target system using infrared (IR).

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the wireless protocol is remote desktop protocol (RDP).

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the target system is not in a line of sight with the host system.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the remote system and the target system are in a line of sight of one another.