Information appliance control system

• US 20040085941A1
• Filed: 11/06/2002
• Published: 05/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances
• Inventors: Qing, Wen-Jiang, Li, Pei-Zhi, Tsai, Shih-Kuang, Ho, Dai-Shui
• Application Number:
  US10/065,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20040085941A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

An information appliance control system includes a console and a plurality of information appliances. The console includes a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting control signals for the plurality of information appliances. Each information appliance includes a receiver for receiving the control signals transmitted by the console to control operation of the information appliance.

Claims

1. An information appliance control system comprising:

a console having a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting control signals;

a plurality of information appliances, each information appliance comprising a receiver for receiving the control signals to control operations of the information appliance.

2. The information appliance control system of claim 1 wherein the control signals transmitted by the console conforms to the IEEE 802.11b.

3. The information appliance control system of claim 2 wherein the console and the plurality of information appliances all use a Bluetooth protocol to send and receive the control signals.