Patent ID: 6998955

Claim:
A system for controlling at least one electronic device responsive to a first protocol according to at least one controlling device generating an input signal having a second protocol comprising: a housing; a computer readable medium contained within said housing; an input means contained within said housing and in communications with said computer readable medium for receiving said input signal from said at least one controlling device; an output means contained within said housing and in communications with said computer readable medium for outputting an output signal to said at least one electronic device, using said first protocol; a set of computer readable protocol instructions embodied within said computer readable medium for associating said input signal having said second protocol with said output signal having said first protocol; and a set of computer readable command instructions embodied within said computer readable medium for: receiving said input signal having said second protocol from said at least one controlling device using said input means; generating said output signal having said first protocol to said at least one electronic device according to said input signal and said set of protocol instructions; transmitting said output signal using said output means to said at least one electronic device so that said controlling device controls said at least one electronic device without said controlling device having to use the same protocol as said electronic device; and, receiving a validation signal as to whether said output signal reached said electronic device.