Set Top Box Browser Control Via a Wireless Handset
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1. A method, comprising:
- providing, with a set top box, an application programming interface (API) to enable a wireless device to control set-top box functionality;
receiving, with the API, one or more set top box control commands from the wireless device; and
controlling the set top box to change a channel in response to receiving the one or more set top box control commands; and
enabling a user to control, with the wireless device and substantially in real time, a cursor on a television with which the set-top box is in communication.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing Internet access via a set top box may include operating, on the set top box, a browser configured to display data associated with a website. A command may be received from a wireless communications device via a communications network. The command may include a network address of the website. In response to receiving the command, the website data may be displayed on a television to which the set top box is in communication.
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing, with a set top box, an application programming interface (API) to enable a wireless device to control set-top box functionality; receiving, with the API, one or more set top box control commands from the wireless device; and controlling the set top box to change a channel in response to receiving the one or more set top box control commands; and enabling a user to control, with the wireless device and substantially in real time, a cursor on a television with which the set-top box is in communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A set top box, comprising:
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a memory; an input/output (I/O) unit in communication with a communications network; a processing unit in communication with said memory and I/O unit, said processing unit configured to; provide an application programming interface (API) to enable a wireless device to control set-top box functionality; receive, with the API, one or more set top box control commands from the wireless device; and control the set top box to change a channel in response to receiving the one or more set top box control commands; and enable a user to control, with the wireless device and substantially in real time, a cursor on a television with which the set-top box is in communication. operate a browser configured to display data associated with a website; receive a command from a wireless communications device via a communications network, the command including a network address of the website; and in response to receiving the command, display the website data on a television to which the set top box is in communication. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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