Patent ID: 6498567
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G08C,H04B,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A generic handheld remote control device for controlling an appliance, in order to obtain a desired function of said appliance, by invoking a remote procedure call in a remote server which will thereby actually control said appliance, wherein the remote control device comprises:a sensor; sensor responsive means for capturing information provided by the sensor, wherein said captured information at least contains parameters representative of the identification of said appliance, user-profile parameters, parameters representative of the address of said remote server, and a function name indicating a function to be performed by said appliance; marshalling means for encoding the captured information and for packaging the captured information into data in a remote procedure call format; and a transmitter for establishing a communication protocol with said remote server in order to transmit the packaged data to said remote server so that said remote server may execute, via a transmitter of the remote server, the remote procedure call according to a module of the remote server corresponding to the packaged data for the appliance.