Patent ID: 8433778

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: interface logic configured to detect a remote device, and to transmit a user interface including at least a search menu to the remote device that converts the remote device to be a remote control device for controlling an image device, wherein the interface logic is configured to transmit the user interface to the remote device using a wireless connection to the remote device; a search engine configured to search for at least one operating attribute for controlling the image device in response to a search request received from the search menu of the remote device, where the search request includes at least one parameter associated with changing the at least one operating attribute, wherein the search engine is configured to search for and to retrieve the at least one operating attribute for configuring the image device based, at least in part, on the at least one parameter, and wherein the search engine is configured to provide the at least one parameter to the remote device; and a control logic configured to provide control signals for reconfiguring the image device based, at least in part, on the at least one operating attribute returned in response to the search request, wherein the control signals configure the image device based, at least in part, on an input value received from the remote device, and wherein the input value is received in response to the at least one parameter.