Patent ID: 9294705
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for using a slave relay station in communication with a personal communication device via a network to control operations of one or more controllable devices; comprising: receiving from the personal communication device at the slave relay station via the network a first request whereupon the slave relay station responds to the first request by causing a graphical user interface page having an activatable link to be provided to the personal communication device, wherein the activatable link is associated with a tag file stored on the slave relay station and wherein the tag file contains data which functions to identify a controllable device and a listing of one or more functions of the controllable device which are to be controlled in response to activation of the activatable link; and receiving from the personal communication device at the slave relay station via the network a second request wherein the second request is transmitted by the personal communication device to the slave relay station in response to a selection of the activatable link of the graphical user interface page, wherein the second request comprises an identification of the tag file that is associated with the activatable link stored on the slave relay station, and wherein the slave relay station responds to the second request by using the data which functions to identify the controllable device contained in the tag file associated with the activatable link stored on the slave relay station to configure itself to use an appliance control protocol that is recognizable by the controllable device and by using the listing of one or more functions of the controllable device to be controlled contained in the tag file associated with the activatable link stored on the slave relay station to transmit one or more command values directly to the controllable device using the appliance control protocol.