Patent ID: 6295448
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G08C,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for effectuating unidirectional point-to-point communication comprising the steps of:assigning a communication path to a mobile telephone and a remote device, other than a mobile telephone, wherein the communication path constitutes a portion of a radio spectrum assigned to a mobile telephone system;removing the communication path from a set of communication paths allocated for use by the mobile telephone system;selecting a communication format;transmitting, over the mobile telephone system, information identifying the communication format to the mobile telephone and the remote device;transmitting a remote control command by the mobile telephone in a point-to-point communication to the remote device on the assigned communication path using the assigned communication format; andperforming, within the remote device, non-telephony functionality responsive to said remote control command transmitted from the mobile telephone.