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Remote control system

  • US 7,155,213 B1
  • Filed: 09/16/2005
  • Issued: 12/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling the operation of an appliance from a remote location using a cellular device, the method comprising the steps of:

  • selecting an appliance to be controlled from a list of appliances stored in the cellular device,selecting an instruction to be communicated to the selected appliance from a list of instructions stored in the cellular device,generating a command string based on the selected instruction, wherein the command string is stored in the cellular device,using the cellular device to dial a cellular telephone number stored in the cellular device, wherein dialing the cellular telephone number establishes a connection between the cellular device and a cellular interface associated with the selected appliance via a public cellular telephone infrastructure,transmitting the command string stored in the cellular device to the cellular interface over the connection, andwherein the list of appliances and the list of instructions are retrieved from memory in the cellular device, without connecting to a remote device.

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