Patent ID: 7660401

Claim:
Computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon, the code for controlling at least one remote electrical device via a communication system, comprising: (a) code for enabling a remotely located computer at a processing center to monitor a communication system for activity; (b) code for enabling a computer at a processing center to determine whether incoming data from a plurality of remoter input terminals contain instructions for controlling a device situated at a location remote to both the input terminal and the computer at the processing center; (c) code for enabling the computer at the processing center to accept, process, and store incoming instructions; (d) code for the computer at the process center to determine when to forward instructions collected from a remote input terminal to a targeted device at a location remote to both the input terminal and the computer at the processing center; (e) code for enabling the reception of instruction by targeted device that is remotely located to both the input terminal and the processing computer; (f) and said instructions being able to control the future behavior of said targeted device.