TETHERED DIGITAL BUTLER CONSUMER ELECTRONIC REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD
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1. A remote control device with slaved audio reproduction, the device including:
- a wireless link transceiver;
at least one slaved audio output;
a trigger control;
hardware resources coupled between the wireless link transceiver, the slaved audio output and the trigger control;
a stack running on the hardware resources and exchanging packets with a gateway device; and
a decoder logic running on the hardware resources, logically coupled to the stack, adapted to receive the packets processed by the gateway device into a remote control device format and to decode the remote control device format into signals to drive the slaved output.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a digital butler consumer electronics product and method. The digital butler, of a price and form factor suitable for consumer electronics markets of developed and developing countries, includes a communications and multi-media console and a wireless remote. The remote may resemble a handheld personal computer (HPC), a palm-held personal computer (PPC or PDA) or a smart phone, but has a low cost and feature set supported by the console that is novel in the consumer electronics market.
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1. A remote control device with slaved audio reproduction, the device including:
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a wireless link transceiver; at least one slaved audio output; a trigger control; hardware resources coupled between the wireless link transceiver, the slaved audio output and the trigger control; a stack running on the hardware resources and exchanging packets with a gateway device; and a decoder logic running on the hardware resources, logically coupled to the stack, adapted to receive the packets processed by the gateway device into a remote control device format and to decode the remote control device format into signals to drive the slaved output. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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