Method and apparatus for software based wireless remote control of electronic devices
First Claim
1. Apparatus, for remote control of electronic devices, comprising:
- one or more processing units;
a memory system;
one or more I/O controllers;
a bus connecting the processing units, the memory system, and the I/O controllers;
one or more transducers, adapted to convert electronic control signals to wireless communications signals;
one or more application programs executable by said one or more processing units for controlling generation and transmission of wireless communications signals for remote control of one or more electronic devices; and
one or more tables associated with each application program, wherein each table contains data used by the associated application program for generation of the electronic control signals which are converted by the one or more transducers to wireless communications signals.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for remote control of electronic devices includes one or more processing units, a memory system, one or more I/O controllers, controlling various input/output devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, a display device, communications adapters and the like, a bus which connects the processing units, the memory system, and the I/O controllers, one or more transducers adapted to convert electronic signals to wireless communications signals and one or more application programs executable by the processor units for controlling generation and transmission of wireless communications signals for remote control of one or more electronic devices. A typical application is the control of transmission of infrared signals to remotely control consumer electronics equipment.
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1. Apparatus, for remote control of electronic devices, comprising:
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one or more processing units; a memory system; one or more I/O controllers; a bus connecting the processing units, the memory system, and the I/O controllers; one or more transducers, adapted to convert electronic control signals to wireless communications signals; one or more application programs executable by said one or more processing units for controlling generation and transmission of wireless communications signals for remote control of one or more electronic devices; and one or more tables associated with each application program, wherein each table contains data used by the associated application program for generation of the electronic control signals which are converted by the one or more transducers to wireless communications signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of generating wireless communications signals, comprising the steps of:
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setting a command pointer to a starting command in a table, wherein said table is comprised of one or more commands; programming a timer interrupt to a remote carrier frequency; and passing control to a timer interrupt routine at specified time intervals, wherein the timer interrupt routine performs the steps of; reading a command from the table; determining, based on the command, if a state of a transmission signal should be changed; and changing the state of the transmission signal if it is determined during said determining step that the state of the transmission signal should be changed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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