Remote control of an electronic device through downloading of a control interface of the electronic device in a mobile station
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of controllable electronic devices and a mobile station for communicating with one of said controllable electronic devices through a short-range wireless communication link, said mobile station comprising a display screen, a user input interface, and an access protocol browser operating in accordance with an access protocol, a method of remotely controlling said one controllable electronic device wherein prior to said requesting, checking whether said one controllable electronic device has access protocol capability, said method comprising:
- through said short-range wireless communication link, said mobile station requesting said controllable electronic device to download data representative of a control interface associated with said one controllable electronic device;
downloading of said data in a data format interpretable by said access protocol browser; and
displaying on said display screen of said data as control interface menu pages representative of said control interface, said access protocol browser navigating through said control interface menu pages.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system includes a number of controllable electronic devices and a mobile station for communication with one of the controllable electronic devices through a short-range wireless communication link, when in-range with the one controllable electronic device. The mobile station includes a display screen and a browser. The mobile station and the one controllable electronic device form a client-server pair. Through the short-range wireless communication link, the client requests the server to download a control interface stored at the server. Upon downloading, a browser is used to navigate through control menu pages included in the control interface, and to post control parameter settings to the server. In the server, a program runs to interpret received control parameter settings, to invoke a control action in accordance with the received control parameter settings, and to instruct the client what to do next.
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22 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of controllable electronic devices and a mobile station for communicating with one of said controllable electronic devices through a short-range wireless communication link, said mobile station comprising a display screen, a user input interface, and an access protocol browser operating in accordance with an access protocol, a method of remotely controlling said one controllable electronic device wherein prior to said requesting, checking whether said one controllable electronic device has access protocol capability, said method comprising:
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through said short-range wireless communication link, said mobile station requesting said controllable electronic device to download data representative of a control interface associated with said one controllable electronic device; downloading of said data in a data format interpretable by said access protocol browser; and displaying on said display screen of said data as control interface menu pages representative of said control interface, said access protocol browser navigating through said control interface menu pages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a plurality of controllable electronic devices with control interfaces configured to control said controllable electronic devices, and with means for downloading data representative of a control interface corresponding to one of said controllable electronic devices; a mobile station for remotely controlling said one controllable electronic device through a short-range communication link, said mobile station comprising display means, a user input interface, and an access protocol browser operating in accordance with an access protocol, said mobile station being configured to submit a request, through said short-range communication link, to said controllable electronic device to download said data wherein said mobile station comprises means to check whether said one controllable electronic device has access protocol capability, said means for downloading being configured to download said data in response to said request, in a format interpretable by said access protocol browser, said display means being configured to display said downloaded data as control interface menu pages representative of said control interface, and said access protocol browser being configured to navigate through said control interface menu pages. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile station for remotely controlling, through a short-range communication link, of one of a plurality of controllable electronic devices comprised in a wireless communication system that comprises said mobile station, said plurality of controllable electronic devices comprising control interfaces configured to control said controllable electronic devices, and means for downloading data representative of a control interface corresponding to one of said controllable electronic devices, said mobile station comprising:
means to check whether said one controllable electronic device has access protocol capability, display means, a user input interface, and an access protocol browser operating in accordance with an access protocol, said mobile station being configured to submit a request, through said short-range communication link, to said one controllable electronic device to download said data, said access protocol browser being configured to interpret downloaded data, said display means being configured to display said downloaded data as control interface menu pages representative of said control interface, and said access protocol browser being configured to navigate through said control interface menu pages. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A controllable electronic device, that, through a short-range communication link, is remotely controllable by a mobile station with an access protocol browser operating in accordance with an access protocol, said controllable electronic device comprising:
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a control interface configured to control said controllable electronic device; means for downloading, in response to a request issued by said mobile station, of data representative of said control interface, in a format interpretable by said access protocol browser; and means for effecting, in response to a control parameter that is selected from a control interface menu page generated by said access protocol browser from said downloaded data, and that is received from said access protocol browser, of a control action in said control interface.
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