Patent ID: 6801331
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method of controlling a first device by a second device, the second device configured to to control a plurality of types of devices, the method comprising:receiving, by the second device, a first message transmitted by the first device over the Internet; determining, by the second device, formatted data contained in the first message based on an identifier contained within the first message transmitted by the first device, wherein the identifier identifies a type of the first device among the plurality of types of devices; constructing, by the second device using the formatted data determined in the determining step, a second message containing an instruction for controlling the first device; transmitting the second message from the second device to the first device; receiving, by the first device, the second message transmitted by the second device; and performing, by the first device, an operation in response to the second message transmitted by the second device.