REMOTE CONTROL OF A TELEPHONE

• US 20110294490A1
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Faenger, Jens
• Granted Patent: US 8,559,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A method of remotely controlling a mobile electronic device includes initiating communication between the mobile electronic device and a remote electronic device having a user interface. First output of the mobile device is converted into a first HTML file. The first HTML file is transmitted from the mobile device to the remote device. Second output is presented on the remote device dependent upon the first HTML file received by the remote device. Data is transmitted from the remote device to the mobile device. An application is identified within the mobile device to process the data from the remote device. The data from the remote device is processed within the application. Third output is produced within the mobile device based on the processing of the data from the remote device. The third output of the mobile device is converted into a second HTML file. The second HTML file is transmitted from the mobile device to the remote device.

Claims

1. A method of remotely controlling a mobile electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:

initiating communication between the mobile electronic device and a remote electronic device having a user interface;

converting first output of the mobile device into a first HTML file;

transmitting the first HTML file from the mobile device to the remote device;

presenting second output on the remote device dependent upon the first HTML file received by the remote device;

transmitting data from the remote device to the mobile device;

identifying an application within the mobile device to process the data from the remote device;

processing the data from the remote device within the application;

producing third output within the mobile device based on the processing of the data from the remote device;

converting the third output of the mobile device into a second HTML file; and

transmitting the second HTML file from the mobile device to the remote device.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of receiving inputs from a user via the user interface of the remote device, the data transmitted from the remote device to the mobile device being dependent upon the inputs from the user.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the user interface of the remote device is provided by a web browser that is within the remote device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the data transmitted from the remote device to the mobile device as well as from the mobile device to the remote device includes sensor data, image data and/or audio data.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and third output produced within the mobile device includes 2D/3D content that is encoded into a live video stream and audio content that is encoded into a live audio stream, the first and second HTML file referencing the video and audio streams such that the video and audio streams are presented to a user on the remote device.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the application within the mobile device comprises a navigation system, the first and third output produced within the mobile device comprising a graphical map and audio instructions, a rendering of the map being encoded into the live video stream, the live video stream and a live recording of the audio voice guidance commands being transmitted to the remote device, the first and second HTML file referencing the video and audio streams and containing an arrival time and/or a name of a street that the remote device is currently on.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the remote device comprises a home automation system, the method comprising the further steps of:

downloading a control application to the mobile device;

connecting the control application to the home automation system;

transmitting a HTML user interface from the mobile device to the home automation system;

using a browser within the home automation system to display the HTML user interface;

selecting an option on the HTML user interface displayed on the home automation system;

collecting sensor data within the home automation system;

transmitting the collected sensor data from the home automation system to the mobile device;

processing the collected sensor data within the control application in the mobile device to thereby create updated HTML content;

sending the updated HTML content from the mobile device to the home automation system; and

displaying the updated HTML content on the home automation system.

8. The method of claim 7 comprising the further step of transmitting CSS graphic style descriptions and Javascript commands from the mobile device to the home automation system, the commands instructing the home automation system to determine a current temperature setting of a home heating/cooling system associated with the home automation system.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the remote device comprises an in-vehicle device running a web browser, the mobile device having an address book, the method comprising the further steps of:

encoding each address in the address book into HTML;

using HTML embedded microformats to attach semantic information to the addresses; and

using the web browser of the in-vehicle device to recognize the embedded microformats and;

plotting locations of the addresses on a map displayed on the in-vehicle device;

or

sending a selected one of the addresses to a location based system or a navigation system within the vehicle for use in plotting a route.

10. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of recording graphics instructions and/or audio instructions that produce the first output, the converting of the first output comprising converting the recorded graphics instructions and/or audio instructions into the first HTML file.

11. The method of claim 10 comprising the further steps of:

transforming the recorded graphics instructions into equivalent Javascript instructions;

putting the Javascript instructions into a Javascript file; and

using the remote device to execute the Javascript instructions to thereby reproduce graphical output of the mobile device on the remote device.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting of the first output of the mobile device to the remote device comprises the steps of:

sending HTML, CSS and Javascript content of the first output to a web server of the mobile device; and

using the web server of the mobile device to make the HTML, CSS and Javascript content available to the remote device.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the remote device uses a web browser to interact with the first HTML file from the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the data is transmitted between the remote device and the mobile device using HTTP commands.

15. The method of claim 1 comprising the further steps of:

recording instructions for animated two-dimensional content and/or three-dimensional content within the mobile device;

transform the recorded instructions into Javascript commands;

transmit the Javascript commands to the remote device; and

execute the Javascript commands in a web browser of the remote device to thereby display the animated two-dimensional content and/or three-dimensional content on the remote device.

16. A method of remotely controlling a mobile electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:

initiating communication between the mobile electronic device and a remote electronic device having a user interface, the remote device comprising one of a television, a monitor, a home control panel, and an in-vehicle infotainment system;

transmitting first output of the mobile device to the remote device;

extracting machine processable data from the first output from the mobile device;

presenting second output on the remote device dependent upon the extracted machine processable data;

transmitting data from the remote device to the mobile device;

identifying an application within the mobile device to process the data from the remote device;

processing the data from the remote device within the application;

producing third output within the mobile device based on the processing of the data from the remote device; and

transmitting the third output from the mobile device to the remote device.

17. A network arrangement, comprising:

a remote controller device including a web browser, the remote controller device comprising an in-vehicle infotainment system, a television, or a home automation panel; and

a mobile electronic device including a web server, the mobile device being configured to;

run an application that produces content;

encode the content in HTML, Javascript and CSS; and

transmit the encoded content to the remote controller device,

wherein the remote controller device is configured to;

receive the encoded content from the mobile device;

present the encoded content to a user;

receive inputs from the user after the encoded content has been presented to the user; and

transmit the inputs from the user from the remote controller device to the mobile device.

18. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein the mobile device is configured to run the application to thereby produce updated content based on the inputs from the user.

19. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein the remote controller device is configured to:

run an other application; and

modify the CSS content from the mobile device to match a layout, color scheme, or graphics design used by the other application.

20. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a first mobile electronic device, the encoded content from the first mobile electronic device comprising first encoded content, the arrangement further comprising a second mobile electronic device, the remote controller device being configured to:

receive second encoded content from the second mobile device; and

combine the first and second encoded content into common presentation to the user.

21. The arrangement of claim 17, further comprising a navigation system or other location based system communicatively coupled to the remote controller device, the mobile device being configured to embed geographical locations into HTML transmitted to the remote controller device, the remote controller device being configured to pass the embedded geographical locations to the navigation system for processing within the navigation system.

22. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein the web browser in the remote controller device is configured to provide specific Javascript functions, the mobile phone being configured to:

call the functions in Javascript files sent by the phone; and

manipulate components attached to the remote control.

23. The arrangement of claim 17, wherein the remote control is configured to expose web services which can be accessed from HTML content send by the phone.