Patent ID: 8291004

Claim:
A method of remotely controlling playback of media content on a web browser of a wireless communication device or a wireless communication device simulator, the method comprising: at a control panel application on a client computer for developing media content: sending an individual web browser playback instruction specifying a playback operation to perform on the media content being developed; at a playback control application on the device or device simulator: receiving the individual web browser playback instructions from the control panel application; transmitting the individual web browser playback instruction to a content playback program interface (API) of the web browser on the device or the device simulator; and then executing the individual web browser playback instruction after receiving the individual web browser playback instruction to control playback of the media content being developed on the web browser in accordance with the playback operation specified in the individual web browser playback instruction, wherein executing the individual web browser playback instruction upon receipt provides real-time or near-real-time playback control of the media content on the device or the device simulator from the client computer.