Patent ID: 6083270
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G06F,G07F,G09B,H04L

Abstract:
A method of communication with a target device using a communication system including an accessor total access port, an accessor device connected to said accessor total access port, a target total access port connected to said target device which is an unmodified electronic device, and a total access link between the accessor total access port and the target total access port, the method comprising:converting, by said accessor device, user actions into data of a device-dependent form specific to said accessor device, said data of the device-dependent form specific to the accessor device representing control of the target device, wherein the accessor device is a human user interface device that accepts intentions from the user in whatever form the user expresses them;sending the data of the device-dependent form specific to the accessor device from the accessor device to the accessor total access port;translating, by said accessor total access port, the data sent from the accessor device of the device-dependent form specific to the accessor device into data of a device-independent form containing a user-functional representation of the data sent from the accessor device;transmitting the translated data of the device-independent form over the total access link from the accessor total access port to the target total access port;translating, by said target total access port, the data sent from the accessor total access port of the device-independent form into data of a device-dependent form specific to the target device; andsending the data of the device-dependent form specific to the target device from the target total access port to the target device.