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Touch-sensitive wireless device and on screen display for remotely controlling a system

  • US 9,105,180 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2009
  • Issued: 08/11/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multimedia system capable of being remotely controlled by a wireless telephone comprising:

  • a programmable multimedia controller which includes a general purpose computer and at least one video output module, said programmable multimedia controller coupled to a plurality of devices, including one or more lighting devices, automatic shade or blind devices, heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) devices or security devices;

    at least one television coupled to said at least one video output module, responsive to said programmable multimedia controller for showing a plurality of interactive on screen displays, at least one of said interactive on screen displays including a plurality of icons that are each at a respective position within a menu structure and that are movable within said menu structure, and selectable by a user to control one or more programmable services supported by said programmable multimedia controller;

    a wireless telephone separate from said at least one television and said programmable multimedia controller, said wireless telephone including an accelerometer and a touch-sensitive display operable by a user to interact with said interactive on screen displays shown on said at least one television; and

    a virtual remote server configured to receive information from said wireless telephone indicating said accelerometer of said wireless telephone has generated an output signifying movement of said wireless telephone and to map said movement to a corresponding rotation of said plurality of icons among said positions in said menu structure in said interactive on screen display currently being shown on said at least one television separate from said wireless telephone such that in response to said movement a first icon that was initially at a particular position in said menu structure is no longer disposed at said particular position, and a second icon that was initially not at said particular position is disposed at said particular position, and to receive information from said wireless telephone indicating a user action signifying a selection has been detected by said touch sensitive display of said wireless telephone, and to map said user action signifying a selection to selection of said second icon at said particular position in said menu structure, wherein selection of at least one icon causes said programmable multimedia controller to issue one or more commands to said one or more lighting devices, automatic shade or blind devices, HVAC devices or security devices for controlling a given one of said one or more programmable services.

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