Patent ID: 8001573
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A base station connected to video information providing apparatus that is remote-controlled from the base station, the base station wirelessly transmitting video content information supplied from the video information providing apparatus to touch-panel video display apparatus that is remote from said base station, the video display apparatus being of the type (a) to display the transmitted video content information and (b) to request downloading of a remote-controller user interface from an external data base and (c) to store remote-control build up data associated with said video information providing apparatus for controlling plural functions of said video information providing apparatus, said base station receiving and storing in a non-volatile memory remote-controller user interface information included in said remote-control build-up data downloaded from said external data base and for wirelessly transmitting, in response to user operation of said touch- panel video display apparatus, the remote-controller user interface information stored in said non-volatile memory for displaying on said touch-panel video display apparatus a remote- controller user interface that displays the image of a user-operated touch-panel remote control unit downloaded from said external data base and associated with said video information providing apparatus, said image of said touch-panel remote control unit including touch-sensitive button images on said display, to select and control the operating functions of said video information providing apparatus, so as to produce remote-operation information at said base station in response to operations on said user interface by a user operating the touch-sensitive button images; said base station comprising: said non-volatile memory for storing the downloaded remote-control build-up data from said external data base; a receiver unit for wirelessly receiving remote-control information from said video display apparatus, generated by user operations on the touch-sensitive button images, to produce said remote-operation information that controls the operating functions of the video information providing apparatus that is connected to said base station; a remote-control unit for remotely controlling said video information providing apparatus in response to said remote- control information received from said video display apparatus; a video information reception unit for wirelessly receiving video content information from said video information providing apparatus controlled by said remote- control information; and whereby said base station controls the operating functions of the video information providing apparatus directly.