Patent ID: 7894474
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G08C

Abstract:
1. In a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of controllable electronic devices and a mobile station for communicating with one of said controllable electronic devices through a short-range wireless communication link, said mobile station comprising a display screen, a user input interface, and an access protocol browser operating in accordance with an access protocol, a method of remotely controlling said one controllable electronic device wherein prior to said requesting, checking whether said one controllable electronic device has access protocol capability, said method comprising: through said short-range wireless communication link, said mobile station requesting said controllable electronic device to download data representative of a control interface associated with said one controllable electronic device; downloading of said data in a data format interpretable by said access protocol browser; and displaying on said display screen of said data as control interface menu pages representative of said control interface, said access protocol browser navigating through said control interface menu pages.