AUDIO-VISUAL SYSTEM CONTROL USING A MESH NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing a home audio-visual system that is at least in part controlled through a mesh network, wherein the home audio-visual system produces at least two effects;
controlling each of the at least two effects through separate mesh network nodes responsive to user initiated instructions; and
adapting each of the separate mesh network nodes to receive the user initiated instructions through a channel management operation.
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Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention, improved capabilities are described for a home audio-visual system that is at least in part controlled through a mesh network, wherein the home audio-visual system produces at least two effects. Each of the at least two effects may be controlled through separate mesh network nodes responsive to user initiated instructions. Each of the separate mesh network nodes may be adapted to receive the user initiate instructions through a channel management operation. In embodiments of the present invention, a home audio-visual system may communicate information through a mesh network, wherein the home audio-visual system includes one or more electrical devices that produce the information. The home audio-visual system may be associated with a channel management operation that is associated with one or more nodes of the mesh network to effect the communication of the information. In embodiments of the present invention, a media server may be enabled to control the delivery of a plurality of media content streams to a plurality of electrical devices, wherein the media server is adapted to be controlled through a mesh network node using a mesh network channel management operation. In embodiments, a command to the media server through the mesh network node may be transmitted in response to a user initiated instruction input to a hand held remote control, causing the mesh network node to receive the user initiated command through manipulation of a channel control operation. In embodiments, the media server may control the delivery of at least one of the plurality of media content streams to at least one of the plurality of electrical devices based on the user initiated command.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a home audio-visual system that is at least in part controlled through a mesh network, wherein the home audio-visual system produces at least two effects; controlling each of the at least two effects through separate mesh network nodes responsive to user initiated instructions; and adapting each of the separate mesh network nodes to receive the user initiated instructions through a channel management operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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providing a home audio-visual system that communicates information through a mesh network, wherein the home audio-visual system includes one or more electrical devices that produce the information; and controlling a channel management operation associated with one or more nodes of the mesh network to effect the communication of the information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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providing a media server enabled to control the delivery of a plurality of media content streams to a plurality of electrical devices, wherein the media server is adapted to be controlled through a mesh network node using a mesh network channel management operation; transmitting a command to the media server through the mesh network node in response to a user initiated instruction input to a hand held remote control; causing the mesh network node to receive the user initiated command through manipulation of the channel control operation; and causing the media server to control the delivery of at least one of the plurality of media content streams to at least one of the plurality of electrical devices based on the user initiated command. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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