Claims
- 1. Control system for controlling a plurality of devices comprising:remote control for controlling said plural devices; the remote control including display means for displaying a device selection page to a user on said display means, said device selection page including respective display sections corresponding to each of said plural devices; and said remote control further including communicating means for communicating with a client device and for providing a control command thereto; wherein said client device controls at least one of said plural devices in response to said control command from said remote control to cause said at least one of said plural devices to perform a predetermined function corresponding to said control command from said remote control.
- 2. Control system in accordance with claim 1, said remote control further comprising selecting means for selecting one of said plural devices displayed in said device selection page and providing a selection command to said client device.
- 3. Control system for controlling a plurality of devices comprising:remote control for controlling said plural devices; the remote control including display means for displaying a device selection page to a user on said display means, said device selection page including respective display sections corresponding to each of said plural devices; and said remote control further including communicating means for communicating with any one of said plural devices via a client device and for controlling said one of said plural devices to perform a predetermined function by providing a control command corresponding thereto to said client device; wherein said client device receives said control command from said remote control and in response thereto provides a corresponding command to said one of said plural devices to cause said one of said plural devices to perform said predetermined function.
- 4. Control system in accordance with claim 3, wherein said client device selects one of said plural devices in response to said selection command from said remote control and displays a GUI for said selected one of said plural devices.
- 5. Control system for controlling a plurality of devices comprising:remote control for controlling said plural devices; the remote control including display means for displaying a device selection page to a user on said display means, said device selection page including respective display sections corresponding to each of said plural devices; and said remote control further including communicating means for communicating with any one of said plural devices via a client device and for controlling said one of said plural devices by providing a control command for controlling said client device; wherein said client device controls said one of said plural devices in response to said control command from said remote control to cause said at least one of said plural devices to perform a predetermined function corresponding to said control command from said remote control.
- 6. Control system in accordance with claim 5, wherein said client device responds to said control command by controlling said selected one of said plural devices.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
“This application is a division of U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 09/104,299 filed Jun. 24, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,288,716 B1, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/050,762 filed Jun. 25, 1997 now abandoned and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/059/499 filed Sep. 22, 1997 now abandoned.
This patent application claims priority from provisional patent application Serial No. 60/050,762, filed on Jun. 25, 1997, entitled Home Network, Browser Based, Command and Control and provisional patent application Serial No. 60/059,499, filed on Sep. 22, 1997, entitled Improved Home Network, Browser Based, Command and Control, which are incorporated herein by reference.
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Provisional Applications (2)
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