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Method and system for controlling and communicating with machines using multiple communication formats

  • US 6,801,331 B1
  • Filed: 07/01/1998
  • Issued: 10/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of controlling a first device by a second device, the second device configured to to control a plurality of types of devices, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the second device, a first message transmitted by the first device over the Internet;

    determining, by the second device, formatted data contained in the first message based on an identifier contained within the first message transmitted by the first device, wherein the identifier identifies a type of the first device among the plurality of types of devices;

    constructing, by the second device using the formatted data determined in the determining step, a second message containing an instruction for controlling the first device;

    transmitting the second message from the second device to the first device;

    receiving, by the first device, the second message transmitted by the second device; and

    performing, by the first device, an operation in response to the second message transmitted by the second device.

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