Plug-in Peripheral Device for Enabling Smart Portable Device to be Universal Remote Control
First Claim
1. A plug-in peripheral device to enable smart portable device to control a plurality of electronic appliances, comprising:
- peripheral bus interface, processor of protocol data unit, and transmitter of remote control code.
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Abstract
The smart portable device such as a smart phone is equipped with powerful CPU, touch screen, USB socket, etc. The software application running on the smart portable device can convert the user commands received on the graphical user interface (GUI) into remote control codes and communicate the remote control codes as data packets through peripheral bus interface, such as USB, to a plug-in peripheral device. The plug-in peripheral device receives the data packets and drives the IR transmitter using information in the data packets received. The remote control codes in the form of modulated IR signals arrive at the electronic appliances such as TV, VCR, Hi-Fi systems, robots, etc. that can decode remote control codes.
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17 Claims
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1. A plug-in peripheral device to enable smart portable device to control a plurality of electronic appliances, comprising:
- peripheral bus interface, processor of protocol data unit, and transmitter of remote control code.
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10. A method for enabling smart portable device to control a plurality of electronic appliances, comprising:
- converting user inputs on said smart portable device to remote control codes specific to electronic appliance under control;
transmitting remote control codes as protocol data units through peripheral bus interface to a plug-in peripheral device; and
using information in said protocol data units to control an on/off switch of a transmitter on said plug-in peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- converting user inputs on said smart portable device to remote control codes specific to electronic appliance under control;
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17. A universal remote control system, comprising:
- a smart portable device that converts user inputs into remote control codes specific to the electronic appliance to be controlled and transmits protocol data units that encode said remote control codes over a peripheral bus interface; and
a plug-in peripheral device that receives said protocol data units via said peripheral bus interface and uses information in said protocol data units to control an on/off switch of an infrared signal transmitter.
- a smart portable device that converts user inputs into remote control codes specific to the electronic appliance to be controlled and transmits protocol data units that encode said remote control codes over a peripheral bus interface; and
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