Patent ID: 8958018
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A remote control device for a separate electronic device to be controlled, comprising: a housing providing a portable body on which a display screen is mounted and on which at least one user-input mechanism is provided; at least one microprocessor mounted within said body running a graphical user interface application providing control over operation of the electronic device to be controlled and for displaying a graphical user interface on said display screen, in appearance, said graphical user interface displayed on said display screen graphically mirrors a corresponding graphical user interface independently run by the electronic device to be controlled, wherein information received from the electronic device and used to produce said graphical user interface on said display screen, includes a graphical image and at least one of (i) a set of codes to reproduce the graphical image, and (ii) an interaction point associated with the graphical image; and a transmitter and receiver mounted within said body providing a two-way wireless communication link with the electronic device to be controlled; said at least one microprocessor being responsive to user inputs received via actuation of said at least one user-input mechanism and controlling said transmitter to transmit commands via said two-way communication link to the electronic device to be controlled; said at least one microprocessor causing commands to be sent to the electronic device to be controlled via the two-way wireless communication link only for user input corresponding to operational commands that cause a particular operational task to be actively performed by the electronic device to be controlled and not for user input of a passive nature not requiring the electronic device to be controlled to perform an operational task; and said at least one microprocessor causing the commands to be queued within the remote control device and timing a transmission of the commands to match a nominal input processing rate (NIPR) of the electronic device.