Patent ID: 7916040

Claim:
A remote control system, comprising: a master controller for storing a plurality of remote control codes for a plurality of remotely controlled equipment in a plurality of locations, receiving a remote control code request message, retrieving a requested remote control code and transmitting the requested remote control code; a repeater/localizer for receiving the remote control code request message, adding a location code to the remote control code request message and transmitting the remote control code request message with the added location code, wherein the master controller retrieves the requested remote control code based on the location code, and wherein the repeater/localizer transmits a location search request to the master controller, the master controller transmits a location identification request to one or more remote control units having a location code that matches the location code of the repeater/localizer upon receiving the location search request, and the one or more remote control units indicate a current location upon receiving the location identification request; and a remote control unit for transmitting the remote control code request message, receiving the requested remote control code from the master controller, storing the requested remote control code, converting the remote control code into a plurality of remote control commands and transmitting at least one of the plurality of remote control commands to at least one of the plurality of remotely controlled equipment, wherein each remote control code contains the plurality of remote control commands for controlling at least one of the plurality of remotely controlled equipment, and wherein the requested remote control code is transmitted directly from the master controller to the remote control unit.