Virtual wiring
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1. A method comprising:
- through a user interface, enabling a user to specify or change information that is stored at a virtual connection server and that specifies a virtual connection and a first end and a second end associated with the virtual connection,the virtual connection being effected by making available at the second end an updated state of a first device that is associated with the first end and is received at the virtual connection server,the updated state at the second end being made available from the virtual connection server for use in controlling a second device associated with the second end.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and system for enabling a user, through a user interface, to manage a correspondence that defines how information about a state of a first device at a first location is to be used to control a second device at a second location.
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1. A method comprising:
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through a user interface, enabling a user to specify or change information that is stored at a virtual connection server and that specifies a virtual connection and a first end and a second end associated with the virtual connection, the virtual connection being effected by making available at the second end an updated state of a first device that is associated with the first end and is received at the virtual connection server, the updated state at the second end being made available from the virtual connection server for use in controlling a second device associated with the second end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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a computer-implemented user interface device to enable a user to specify or change information that is stored at a virtual connection server and that specifies a virtual connection and a first end and a second end associated with the virtual connection, the virtual connection being effected by making available at the second end an updated state of a first device that is associated with the first end and is received at the virtual connection server, the updated state at the second end being made available from the virtual connection server for use in controlling a second device associated with the second end. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions to:
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through a user interface, enabling a user to specify or change information that is stored at a virtual connection server and that specifies a virtual connection and a first end and a second end associated with the virtual connection, the virtual connection being effected by making available at the second end an updated state of a first device that is associated with the first end and is received at the virtual connection server, the updated state at the second end being made available from the virtual connection server for use in controlling a second device associated with the second end. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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