Virtual wiring
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a computer that has access to information that specifies a virtual connection and a first end and a second end associated with the virtual connection,a user interface that enables a user to specify or change the information,the virtual connection being effected at the computer by making available at the second end, by a form or medium of digital data communication other than a communication network, an updated state of a first device that is associated with the first end,the updated state being made available at the second end from the computer 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. An apparatus comprising:
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a computer that has access to information that specifies a virtual connection and a first end and a second end associated with the virtual connection, a user interface that enables a user to specify or change the information, the virtual connection being effected at the computer by making available at the second end, by a form or medium of digital data communication other than a communication network, an updated state of a first device that is associated with the first end, the updated state being made available at the second end from the computer 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 computer-implemented process or processes comprising
accessing information that specifies a virtual connection and a first end and a second end associated with the virtual connection, providing a user interface that enables a user to specify or change the information, effecting the virtual connection by making available at the second end, by a form or medium of digital data communication other than a communication network, an updated state of a first device that is associated with the first end, and the updated state being made available at the second end for use in controlling a second device associated with the second end.
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