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Generic handheld remote control device

  • US 6,498,567 B1
  • Filed: 12/20/1999
  • Issued: 12/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A generic handheld remote control device for controlling an appliance, in order to obtain a desired function of said appliance, by invoking a remote procedure call in a remote server which will thereby actually control said appliance, wherein the remote control device comprises:

  • a sensor;

    sensor responsive means for capturing information provided by the sensor, wherein said captured information at least contains parameters representative of the identification of said appliance, user-profile parameters, parameters representative of the address of said remote server, and a function name indicating a function to be performed by said appliance;

    marshalling means for encoding the captured information and for packaging the captured information into data in a remote procedure call format; and

    a transmitter for establishing a communication protocol with said remote server in order to transmit the packaged data to said remote server so that said remote server may execute, via a transmitter of the remote server, the remote procedure call according to a module of the remote server corresponding to the packaged data for the appliance.

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