Patent ID: 7240289
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F,G09B,H03J,H04B,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an interactive display on a display device in a network that controls a remote device in the network, the method comprising: selecting a display object on a device display in the network; generating, at the display device, a request associated with the selected display object; initializing, at the display device, a communications manager that monitors communications with the remote device; sending the request to the remote device in the network so that a corresponding remote method is invoked; receiving, at the display device, a reply from the remote device when the communication manager fails to detect communications errors; and displaying an interactive graphical interface on the display device when the received reply corresponds to the selected display object.