Remote control system
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1. A method for controlling operation of an appliance from a remote location using a cellular device, the method comprising the steps of:
- presenting a list of one or more appliances capable of being controlled by a central hub;
receiving a selection of an appliance to be controlled from the list of one or more appliances;
presenting a list of instructions associated with the selected appliance;
receiving a selection of an instruction from the list of instructions;
using the cellular device to transmit the instruction to the central hub; and
wherein the list of one or more appliances and the list of instructions are retrieved from memory in the cellular device, without connecting to a remote device.
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Abstract
A method includes 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, and transmitting the instruction to a cellular interface associated with the selected appliance via a public cellular telephone infrastructure by dialing a telephone number stored in the cellular device.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for controlling operation of an appliance from a remote location using a cellular device, the method comprising the steps of:
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presenting a list of one or more appliances capable of being controlled by a central hub; receiving a selection of an appliance to be controlled from the list of one or more appliances; presenting a list of instructions associated with the selected appliance; receiving a selection of an instruction from the list of instructions; using the cellular device to transmit the instruction to the central hub; and wherein the list of one or more appliances and the list of instructions are retrieved from memory in the cellular device, without connecting to a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software for instructing a processor to:
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retrieve a list of one or more appliances capable of being controlled from local memory, without connecting to a remote device; present the list of one or more appliances retrieved from the local memory; receive a selection of an appliance to be controlled from the list of one or more appliances; retrieve a list of instructions associated with the selected appliance from the local memory, without connecting to a remote device; present the list of instructions retrieved from the local memory; receive a selection of an instruction from the list of instructions; dial a telephone number associated with the selected appliance, wherein dialing the telephone number establishes a communication link to a hub associated with the selected appliance; and transmit the instruction to the hub over the communication link. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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