Patent ID: 8223001

Claim:
A target device, comprising: a wireless interface that transmits compressed data to and receives commands from a remote control device; a control module that receives the commands and that adjusts operation of the target device based thereon; a user input interface for locally adjusting operation of the target device; a first tuner and a second tuner for respectively tuning a first channel and a second channel; a local output device, wherein: the target device outputs signals from the first tuner to the local output device; the target device selectively outputs signals from the second tuner to the remote control device; and the control module performs at least one of data reduction and data compression on data to be sent to the remote control device; and an autonegotiation module that exchanges data with the remote control device relating to capabilities of at least one of the target device and the remote control device, wherein the data exchanged with the remote control device includes at least one of: display size of the remote control device, display resolution of the remote control device, output resolution of the target device, and processing power of the remote control device.