Patent ID: 8106742

Claim:
A method for remotely controlling wirelessly networked devices via a mobile unit, the method comprising: receiving, at a mobile unit and from a user, an input; analyzing the input to identify a networked device associated with the input, determining whether the networked device is presently accessible via a wireless network; establishing a connection with the networked device; identifying capabilities associated with the networked device; displaying, in a list, capabilities previously selected by the user to control the networked device; and enabling the user to interact with the networked device through the mobile unit based on selection from among the capabilities in the list; wherein the input is ambiguous with respect to which of the networked devices the input pertains, the method further comprising: identifying that the input corresponds to different capabilities associated with at least two of the networked devices; utilizing the list to identify the at least two networked devices; and querying the user to learn which of the at least two networked devices to which the input pertains.